>From Sy Zabrocki--Billings, MT The other day I tuned a 1946 Everett console with one of those low profile 90 degree actions. Lester, Gulbransen, Story & Clark and few others also used these actions for a few years starting about 1946. Somewhere once I heard this was an experimently action produced by Wood & Brooks. Does anyone know the full history on this action? The supply catalogs still have a few parts listed and they mention Wood & Brooks. The jack on this action was horizontal and pushed forward on the hammer butt instead of up. It was kind of a clever idea but few if any were a good responsive action. That's probably why it didn't survive. Sy Zabrocki RPT--Billings, MT only4zab@mcn.net
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