Dear David, I'm the fellow whose customer has the Dagmar grand with the The D-Type Spring and Loop Action. Would you be wiling to copy the regulation chapter you proposed sharing with the list? I spent a day getting it in better shape but some reg specs would help me out quite a bit! Thanks so much, Patrick Draine Billerica MA On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 7:26 AM, David Boyce <David at piano.plus.com> wrote: > Yes, I know it was! > > My interest was sparked, however, by Barrie Heaton's comment that it is > wrong to do so. I know it is confusing about spring and loop, especially > when one still comes across plenty of old (and crummy!) upright spring and > loop actions. > > The most correct title seems to be "The D-Type Spring and Loop Action", > according to the sources I mentioned before. But that's a bit of a mouthful, > and I can see that it's simpler to simply say Simplex, however morally evil > it may be to do so. > > Incidentaally folks, If anyone needed it, I could copy the 8-page chapter > on regulating these, from the book I mentioned by Booth. It's quite good, > and I think it's out of print, and copying 8 pages would probably count as > "Fair use" or "fair dealing" under US and UK copyright law. > > Best regards, > > David Boyce. > > > > *The simplex name was used as an adjective in describing these types of > actions, as against "complex" actions; it did not refer to a specific maker. > The trouble with calling it a spring & loop is that there are so many kinds > of actions with different configurations of springs and loops.* > ** > *AF* > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100714/e21b34cf/attachment.htm>
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