spalled action brackets

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 11/26/00 6:19:09 AM Central Standard Time, 
dnereson@dimensional.com writes:

<< 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, >>


Here we go again, with trying to rebuild older pianos that are just not worth 
the money or the effort. One of the reasons these pianos are having problems 
is because they were never made right in the first place. I think even the 
manufacturer probably hoped these pianos would last maybe 50 years at best. 
For us to try to recondition them is a waste of time, money and effort. 

I am not just picking on you, Dave. All of us have to stop trying to keep 
some of these older, poor quality pianos on the market. It is bad enough that 
consumers seem to think that a case with 88 black and white keys that makes a 
sound is a piano, and can be repaired. But we should know better. Allow these 
pianos to disintegrate, and become a computer desk, or at best, landfill.

Willem