[pianotech] Brass Rail

[Tom Driscoll]

Subject: Re: [pianotech] Brass Rail


> Hi Joe,
> I have forced the screw to rethread, but thought if the proper die was 
> available, I would buy it.
> Thanks.
> John Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia
> On 2010-09-19, at 1:11 PM, Joe Goss wrote:

John,
John ,
 I think you mean Tap not Die. The tap changes the threads in the hole.  I 
try and save the original screws and also have an inherited  pile of brass 
plates and repair clips with a lifetime supply of all the screw sizes in the 
shop so I've never had the compatability problem you describe.

I know the brass rail system can be problematic but really when you think 
about it  there are a whole lot of WNG action Vose- Ivers and Pond  etc 
pianos out there and 100 years later everything (or almost everything) is 
intact along  with near  perfect hammer spacing.
I just picked up an 1890's  Henry and S.G. Lindeman upright (WNG) and the 
brass rail and plates are  as solid as when Phil Bondi was a little boy.

Best wishes,
 Tom D.