Old Janssen upright w/ broken action bracket

[Carlos Ralon]

Hi Guys;
I recently had a question on a Coast Guard exam. " What is the proper method of cleaning a file"? Ans. "With a Card File brush".  This is very much like a short bristle suede brush and is rubbed with the cuts of a file to clean.  Now I know where the term came from!  God bless the English language.
Carlos Ralon, RPT   
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joe And Penny Goss 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 9:07 AM
  Subject: Re: Old Janssen upright w/ broken action bracket 


  Hi Terry,
  Carding is a term some used in place of filing. English , Canada, Australia others?
  First learned of it in an old song where the line was ;carding the wool' and they were reffering to combing out the trash, weeds, what
  ever,  so the wool could be used to make thread.,
  Joe Goss RPT
  Mother Goose Tools
  imatunr at srvinet.com
  www.mothergoosetools.com
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Farrell 
    To: Pianotech List 
    Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 10:50 PM
    Subject: Re: Old Janssen upright w/ broken action bracket 


    What is "carding" the hammers?

    Never mind the piano, how's your husband?

    Splints?

    Terry Farrell

      ----- Original Message ----- 
                 Last year I was given an old Janssen upright that was just fine. It has age issues, but it plays and some beginner kid would probably like it. I had wanted to throw a regulation on it and card and voice the hammers and sell it. 
               However, my husband fell onto the front of it and broke the one action bracket. Is the only way to fix this to remove it and drill holes to put a splint on it, (on 2 sides)? Can it be repaired?  It didnt affect it's playing, should I just continue on with regulation and sell it...for less of course than I originally wanted to get for it?...What will/can happen if I just dont repair it? 

      Julie Gottshall
      Reading, PA





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