spalled action brackets

[Jon Page]

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The supply houses have replacement brackets.  Maybe if you made a tracing
of the best sample they could send a close match. Notice I said close. There
will be some fitting.

Put on your thinking cap,

Jon Page

At 04:43 AM 11/26/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Does anyone know what to do with (grand) action brackets that have
>"spalled", or cracked, fragmented, alligatored (not sure what word to
>use)?  They're in a 1927 Premier 4'8" grand, and look as though they
>were made in the early days of cast aluminum (?) or from "pot metal".
>The screws into the keyframe can't be tightened or fragments of the
>action brackets will just break off.  Elsewhere all over the brackets,
>there are little cracks and flakes of metal coming off -- they're
>disintegrating.  I think they've also expanded and thrown the action
>spread and other relationships out, so that it now is un-regulatable.
>The closest match I could find in any catalog were the Jacob Doll type,
>so I ordered some and they're close,  but no cigar -- they or the action
>rails would have to be re-milled to make everything fit and regulate
>properly.  I suppose new wooden or aluminum or Dural ones could be cut
>out of 1/2" maple or plate aluminum.    What have other techs done with
>these?
>dnereson@dim.com

Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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