Rex Wurlitzer grands were made by Young Chang. Call them at 866-798-6979 Ext. 136. Ask for Sam or Phil. They will send you the brackets for free, but you'll have to charge the customer for the labor. If no action regulation has been done prior to you getting the piano, replacing the brackets will be relatively simple. Remove one of the end brackets first, and put on a new one. The best way to check for the right position is to line up the jack with the knuckle core. Repeat the procedure for each bracket. You'll have to do some regulation, but not much. The last one I did took me less than 3 hours. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, HI 808-349-2943 www.bleespiano.com Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Rex Roseman <rosemanpiano at gmail.com> To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:45 pm Subject: Wurlitzer action brackets Dear list A Wurlitzer Grand, G-452 #2052563 has come into my shop and I am having problems finding information about this piano. None of the books that I have list this model or serial number and searching the web got me no where. If anyone can identify the age of the piano so that I can identify were it was produced I would appreciate that information. The reason I need this information is that the action brackets are made out of some type of pot mettle, and are cracking and breaking at every point that a hole as been drilled and/or tapped for a screw. If replacement parts are available this piano will need them. With all the changes at Baldwin in recent years, there most likely is not much hope for that. There were also some postings about building new brackets for “antique” pianos that I will search for ideas if the brackets need to be reproduced. If anyone would like to respond to this on the list, I am thinking that this may be the way I will have to go. Because of the type of metal used, repair is not an option; they would just fall apart at another stress point. Thanks. Rex Roseman Roseman Piano Tuning -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080831/bb97917d/attachment.html
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