Joe, I hadn't made acquaintance with numbers 1 and 2 that I can recall, so thanks for the education. The fellow I was writing to has some friends/clients in South India who are needing their #3 type bird cages serviced. The US wasn't the only place the English exported those beasts. Tom Joseph Garrett wrote: > "I was going to say that the main difference with the bird cage action is > that it has overdampers, so the mechanism is a little different, and the > way you mute the strings is different when you tune. But the rest of the > action is pretty much the same." > > Tom, > That is simply NOT true. there are, (essentially), three different > types of Over-Damper actions. 1. (the earliest to my knowledge) The > hinged Sticker Action. (I'm sure Jack Wyatt will chime in on the > "correct" name.<G>) 2. The Flanged "Sticker" Action 3.The "Modern" > action with Over-Damper. > Each has it's foibles, the least of which is #3. #1 & #2 are a royal > pain to get to function with any consistancy and are a bear to repair. > I've been working on these "beasts" since the 70's and really don't > have much trouble with them NOW. There was a long learning curve, as > there weren't any Brit Tuners to consult with. They don't think > there's anything unusual about them. (Go figger!<G>) > > > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) > Captain, Tool Police > Squares R I > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060718/dec0fef6/attachment.html
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