On 19/11/2010 19:46, dc wrote:
>> What kind of cloth is recommended for the jackrail padding, and how 
>> thick should this padding be (on a 3-choir instrument)? I have felt 
>> about 5 mm thick under mine, and it gives a rather mushy touch.

> On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 08:31:17 +0000, Michael Johnson wrote:
> 
> I would not use felt and certainly not that thick.     On my 
> instruments three thicknesses of a cloth manufactured for overcoats 
> is stretched and tacked at treble and bass. 

I do it exactly as Mike does. three (usually) layers of relatively 
coarse woll cloth (e.g. old army blanket). I generally stitch them 
loosely together and tack the first to the jack rail but I have also 
simply cut the bottom one (in position) slightly longer but all three 
slightly too short, stretching this one beyond the other two and 
tacking it only at both ends. I tend to do it this way with recessed 
jack rails such as Rucker and most french have. With germans and 
italians with their rather thicker and often tapered (in thickness) 
rails, I use the stitched-together method.


Bill

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