Handsome Old Timer Needs Bridgework

Joseph Garrett joegarrett@earthlink.net
Sun, 3 Aug 2003 17:33:05 -0700


Has stickers about 4" long that attach to the wippen AND the key with
center pins through birds' eyes. There are no capstans, per se, but the
stickers attach to short rocker arms at the back of the key. Each rocker
(?) has two adjustment screws .

The action brackets attach to the long frame bolts in the usual way but
are also screwed down to the key bed, four brackets with two screws
each. So removing the action requires removing 4 bolts and 184 screws,
most of which cannot be reached with an electric screwdriver! Some will
need to be loosened with an offset screwdriver then taken out by hand
and the screws at the back of the action brackets require a screwdrive
that can reach all the way down through the action. Removing the keys
requires unscrewing 176 very inconvenient screws. Sheesh.

Alan,
With what you are describing, I rather suspect the key frame/keys/action all
come out as a unit. Check under the keybed!<G>
Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
Squares Are I



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