Portable Action Table Photos, and Erard Capstan Tool?

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Hi All,
 
Here are a couple of photos of the grand action caddy that Laroy Edwards  
makes and sells.  I used it yesterday for the first time, but I forgot to  take 
the camera to the jobsite.  Hopefully these shots around my workspace  at home 
will give you an idea.
 
The piano I used it for yesterday was the Erard that I'd worked on a couple  
of times.  I did a very rough regulation of blow distance, let-off,  drop, and 
repetition to render it at least playable.  Israel Stein  said that getting 
these pianos into really fine regulation is nearly impossible,  and I'm 
beginning to believe it.
 
The one thing I really need for working on  this or other Erards in  the 
future is a capstan tool.  Nothing I had fit the six-sided turnbuckle  type 
capstans, other than a small pair of vice grips.  Not ideal for speed  or 
delicacy...:-(  If anyone has a suggestion for where I can get an  appropriate tool, I 
would appreciate it!
 
I do not much care for the rep/jack spring configuration on these.   The 
springs are quite long, and not that easy to tension accurately.
 
The best thing about using the table on this job was the ease in getting to  
the other side of the action--by swiveling it around on the wheels in a 
confined  space-- without walking around in circles all day.  I managed to yank  the 
rep springs out of the jack slots a few times, and had to pull wippens to  
get them back in.
 
Hope the pics give you an idea,
 
Dave Stahl
 
 
           
Table in  Garage
    
 String height simulator     (attached  to keyframe when in  use)


                          

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