Jack: As indeed always the gentleman that you are, I am grateful for your reply. Didn't Thayer also manufacture the Brambach design, or was that in-house? Thanks again! Paul -----Original Message----- From: JWyatt1492 at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 11:23 am Subject: Re: Can you figure out what this does? Hello Paul, ? ???? This is indeed a? "?Lost Motion?Eliminator "?? ? ? This device ?allows a "soft "?pedal to raise the hammers closer to the strings without ?creating any lost motion?between the keys to the hammer.? ? ? This small lever was activated by a control rod at the back ?connected to a pedal and could be individually regulated ? ? Melville Clark first used this system?in his ?" Apollo "??player Grands. ? ?? The connection between the Chickering Bros. " Acoustigrande" and the? " A. B. Chase " could have been the? ?Thayer?Action Co.? ? ???They are the Co. that built this particular whippen. Hope this helps, Jack Wyatt Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080203/7aa08684/attachment.html
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