Ok, that was my sense. S&S assured me the pre-bored would work, but...experience says...sure buddy. Anyway, I'm closing in on a Bridgeport as we speak. Weak economy, good time to make a move. Thanks for the heads up Jim On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Jude Reveley/Absolute Piano < juderev at verizon.net> wrote: > Jim, > > Definitely buy a blank rail and custom bore. > > Jude Reveley, RPT > Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC > Lowell, Massachusetts > (978) 323-4545 > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* jim ialeggio <jimialeggio at gmail.com> > *To:* pianotech at ptg.org > *Sent:* Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:34 AM > *Subject:* [pianotech] S&S action rail replacements? > > I have an S&S "A" action key and action reprortion project (aka Bruce > Clark's protocol) for which I'm replacing beat whippen and hammer rails. It > would certainly save time and $ to order pre-bored rails from Steinway. My > sense though is that I will be sorry for that, as the bore locations of > contemporary manufacture will most likely not match 1890 locations. > > Any experience on this? Is is possible the bore locations would be > remotely acceptable? > > Jim > -- > grandpianosolutions.com > Shirley, MA (978) 425-9026 > > -- grandpianosolutions.com Shirley, MA (978) 425-9026 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090312/56a273f4/attachment-0001.html>
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