Kroeger grand action

[Greg Granoff]

Jim,
Happy to oblige--actually, I think the tech in question is doing just
that.  I'd kind of like to see them myself and will be happy to post them
when they are available.
Greg

> Greg,
>
> How about some pictures? It sounds interesting.
> Thanks
>
> Jim Busby
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of
> Greg Granoff
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 11:41 AM
> To: CAUT
> Subject: Kroeger grand action
>
> List,
> Anybody know anything about a domestic grand action under the Kroeger
> name from (I assume) the first half of the 20th century that had jacks
> with an extra articulation built into the vertical portion under the
> knuckle?  At a recent chapter meeting, a local tech who is relatively
> new to the business described seeing this action and being completely at
> sea as to how it might be regulated and what the premise of the unusual
> design was.  There is apparently a spoon projecting from the front face
> of the jack just above the articulation that contacts its very own
> regulating screw button sitting above the standard one for the jack
> tongue.  After thinking about it, I sort of theorized that this feature
> changes the jack's relationship to the underside of the knuckle by
> altering the angle that the jack top faces the knuckle after
> escapement--perhaps making return to playing position easier(?)  I've
> never seen or heard of this beast, and was hoping someone could shed
> some light on it.
> Thanks,
> Greg
>
> Greg Granoff   RPT
> Humboldt State University
>


Greg Granoff  RPT