Pratt Read Question

[gordon stelter]

--- Don <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> wrote:
> Hi Tim,
> 
> All the plastic has to go. Don't underquote the
> work. 
> 
> As a technician you are better off on the pianotech
> listserv--this list is
> more for consumers than other experts--which as a
> technician is what you are.
> 
> 
> At 10:06 AM 3/13/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >   I have a Pratt Read action that needs much
> attention and I am    still
> quite
> >new at this. It looks like a great opportunity to
> learn by    doing but I
> >could definitely use some guidance. 
> >The flanges, damper    levers, and back checks are
> all plastic. Many of the
> >back checks were    broken off when I opened the
> piano. They all appear to
> >be very brittle and    I suspect that a light twist
> would break the rest of
> >them one by one. At    least three of the jack
> flanges are broken and one
> >damper lever is also    broken. It appears obvious
> to me that a complete
> >replacement of the back    checks is in order and
> the other broken parts as
> >well. It is my concern    that as I get into it
> that I am going to find more
> >if not all of the rest    of the plastic to be as
> brittle. 
> >
> >What say  Ye?
> >
> >Tim
> >
> >
> > 
> 
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
> 
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