<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans= Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY>That sounds like me like too much glue with the bushing= cloth when manufactured...i.e. glue wicked through the= cloth.<BR><BR>David Ilvedson<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: Ed Sutton <ED440@MINDSPRING.COM><BR>To:= <CAUT@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 18:13:31= -0400<BR>Subject: [CAUT] abel action centers seizing<BR><BR> <P> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV>Dear List-</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Last summer I rebuilt the action of a Baldwin SF-10 using= Abel Encore shanks and flanges. (I also used Tokiwa wippens with= adjustable assist springs and made strike weight and front= weight continuities.  Results were very good.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This was the student piano in a teacher's studio,  so= it has had about 20 hours a week with student playing, and the= teacher used it for practice as well.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Last week the teacher complained of "slow repetition" on 3= mid-range notes, which were caused by the action= centers seizing at the hammer flange.  They give an audible= squeak when moved!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I understand this was a  problem a few years back with= Abel flanges, supposedly not happening any more.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Can anyone share knowledge and experience on this....if= anybody's home...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ed Sutton</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>