Retro Brass Railing

Layout Guidelines

• Be sure to choose a railing style that your application can accommodate.
• There are 5 more styles: Brass Gallery Rail -- Vintage Shelf Rail -- Brass Cabinet Railing -- Modern Brass Railing -- Mid-century Modern Rail.
  Installation varies between railing styles. Go to style you want and click on a center, end or corner post to see specific install info.
• Sketch how you want the brass railing to appear. This is helpful in determining design.

All posts and rod are unfinished solid brass

RETRO BRASS RAILING IS SHORTER THAN OUR MID CENTURY MODERN RAIL

All posts and rod are unfinished solid brass

Retro Brass Railing Posts
• All installations of Fiddle Rail Fittings should have an end, corner, or wall mount post on either end.
• Placement of Retro Posts is subjective.
• Number of center posts varies according to overall length. Post should be spaced equally across front.
• Typical spacing between posts, across front or back, is approximately 8” – 12” apart.
• Formula to Calculate amount of Center Posts:
  1. Divide railing length, by estimated distance between posts.
  2. Subtract 1, this equals the number of center posts.
  3. Add 2 end posts, wall posts or corner posts to finish
  4. If total number of center-posts is a fraction, then distance between retro brass railing posts will need to be adjusted to equal an even number of posts.
  
• Use end posts or wall posts on each end, if these Fiddle Rail Fittings will be installed in a straight line, without sides,
• If retro brass railing will have sides, use corner posts as a junction between front or back and sides.
• Please note if using sides: side-spacing often differs from front-spacing
• Post-base diameter is 1-1/4”. These posts should be inset a minimum of 3/4” from edge.
Brass Rod
• Brass Rod is available in 2 lengths: 36” and 72”
• If rod is not long enough, join two rods together within a post.
• If needed, brass rod is easily cut shorter with a hacksaw.
• To calculate length of rod needed: measure length of each straight run:
  If your design is a straight rail, with no sides, it is one run. However if it has multiple sides, such as an open 3 sided shelf, it will have 3 runs.
• Calculate number of rods needed once you know the length of each run. Rods are available in 3' and 6' lengths. Consider that you may have leftover rod from one run to satisfy another run.


Install Fiddle Rail Fittings on Wood Surface. Not for glass or stone.

Attach to surface top with wood screws:

• Layout brass railing
• Cut rods to appropriate lengths
• Loosely assemble rods and posts
  
• Mark screw location and drill necessary pilot holes for brass screws
• Slip rods in place.
• Insert brass screws through holes in base of posts. Carefully screw them down into pre drilled holes.

When ordering please check post-style to make sure they all match. Links for matching posts are on product pages.

Decorative and Functional

Easy to Install Fiddle Rail Fittings complement modern furniture and cabinets. The simple style is a throw back to the mid-century era. This appearance of this railing adds a simple, decorative and functional edge to cabinets, furniture and shelving. The posts and rod are made of solid brass. Brass is un-finished. It can be polished to a shiny glow or darkened to look old. Attach to surface-top with screws.