At 03:46 PM 1/8/96 -0700, you wrote: >John Musselwhite, RPT writes (about Bell Uprights) >...... >>Back to the I. R.Action and the L.M.C... >>The Illimitable Repeating Action and the Lost Motion Compensator were >>_excellent_ innovations IMO. >..... >>Did any other manufacturers use these inventions? Is anyone (other than >>Canadian techs) familiar with them? > >I have seen the "Lost Motion Compensator " in several different high quality >verticals, built around the teens and twenties in the US. I believe these >were all "Wessel, Nickels and Gross actions." They were a pain to work >on but it was a beautifully crafted action that seemed to work very well. >I also seem to remeber some unuasual jack spring designs simular >to John's description of the Bell upright in some 20's vintage Chickering >verticals. (Also a pain to work on). > >Scott >Scott E. Thile, RPT >Piano-Instrument Technician >Department of Music,Murray State University >------------------------------------------------------------------ >P.O. Box 9, Murray, KY 42071, Ph: 502-762-4396 >Email: sethile@msumusik.mursuky.edu > > Also, if memory serves, the "Old, Reliable" Bush and Gertz...(Also a pain to work on [or, on which to work, depending...]) Horace Horace Greeley, RPT Piano Technician & Consultant The Colburn School of Performing Arts Los Angeles, CA ______________________________ 14 Pyxie Lane San Carlos, CA 94070-1506 415.592.6620
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