The brass clad rails aren't as bad as the aluminum rails for just plain clunky action noise which can take over in pianissimo playing. The fine pianos I've encountered use heavy engineered wood rails to resist dimensional movement with the climate and they have quiet actions. The little brass clad rails are rather flexible under exuberant playing. There have been instructions posted to couple them to help stiffen them a little by coupling two rails. They are also difficult to get solid alignment on especially when you want to reduce casting a little. Andrew Anderson At 10:52 PM 3/4/2007, you wrote: >>Just curious, and something I've always wondered about - what do >>you think are the advantages/disadvantages of wooden action rails >>vs. metal vs. metal-clad hardwood? >>Terry Farrell > >For me, stiffness, and ease of traveling and alignment with wooden >rails. The question is, what is the justification for brass clad >tubular action rails? >Ron N
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