Thanks Joe! Lots of great and useful information! Although, it seems pretty scary to me that you can identify the specific action part from a small photo... :-) Regards, Rob McCall McCall Piano Service, LLC www.mccallpiano.com Murrieta, CA 951-698-1875 On Jan 02, 2012, at 10:44 , Joseph Garrett wrote: > Rob, > What you have is Pratt-Read S-2 Action parts. Because the damper lever is > so short, the alignment is not as critical compared to a full size action. > As Del said, it's a matter of lining up the levers by the damper felt type > and the "spread" of the wire bends. I've found that it is actually easier > to remove all of the hammers and hammer spring rail when re-installing the > levers. Makes for easier fine bending of the wires in alignment. Of course > get the damper felt to go straight into the wire. And, adjust the lift > before anything else, (unless it's way out of wack.<G>) > I'm amazed that there are still some of these actions that haven't been > junked or repaired! I think they breed freely when we're not looking.<G> > i.e. gremlins! > Although, the damper flange replacement is the more difficult of the > "plastic flange" debacle, it's still pretty straight forward. > Regards, > Joe > > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. > Captain of the Tool Police > Squares R I > >
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