Hello Calin and List Yes, this: > The escapement is achieved by the jack sliding on a board with screws, is also a device used by early Broadwood uprights. I call it "Inclined Plane Set-off" Broadwood also used the long centre-pin and brass "comb" flange affair. Regards Mihai G.(UK) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Calin Tantareanu" <calin.tantareanu@gmx.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 10:55 AM Subject: Pictures of the old Pleyel action, was Re: How to apply graphite? > Ok, Here's a photo I took before starting work on the piano and > dismantling > it to pieces. > For those who didn't follow the discussion, this is an approx. 1860 Pleyel > upright, oblique strung, with no iron frame, just metal struts and a > partial > hitchpin plate (pictures of it can be seen on my website). > Now to the action: > It has brass rails which hold the hammers and the wippens. The escapement > is > achieved by the jack sliding on a board with screws, all covered by a long > piece of leather with slits. This leather is black in the attached > picture. > > If there's interest, I can go and take some more pictures of the separate > parts, so you can see them better. > > Calin Tantareanu > ---------------------------------------------------- > http://calintantareanu.tripod.com > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Ilvedson > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 2:08 AM > Subject: Re: How to apply graphite? > > > Time for the digital camera Calin... > > David Ilvedson >
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