Hello - After having the good fortune to have not run into a birdcage action in app. 10 years, I had the extreme misfortune to run into 2 of them this week. I have basically two questions, although "what were they thinking?" also comes to mind. 1. Do these actions ever damp well? In both instances, the damper felt seemed soft enough, and was regulated properly, but the pianos sounded as if someone forgot to install dampers! 2. What is the most sane way to tune these critters? I actually had to lean the actions back and pluck strings in the center section, as it was impossible to get mutes in there. Do you lean it back and strip mute the whole thing? I can't imagine a process that isn't unwieldy... It is no great surprise to me that this design went out of favor 100 years ago! Mark Potter bases-loaded@juno.com
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