Old Upright new Action?

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In a message dated 98-09-25 00:20:57 EDT, you write:

<< 
 Hi Folks,
 
 I have come across a sweet sounding old upright. I am wondering about
 wholesale replacement of the action. Anybody ever done that to an upright?
 The old action has brass rails which are beginning to fail, and of course
 it needs hammers, shanks, wippens and damphers.
 Regards,
 Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
 "Tun >>

I have replaced brass rail flanges with wood, rebuilding from the hammer butt
and up.  I came out very well.  Bill Spurlock has a good method.  Each screw
on the brass rail comes to be around 4 flanges from screw to screw.  Space and
drill. To set your samples for hammer hanging, cut and salvage then ends of
each section of the old rail, insert them on the hammer rail, the use the
normal samples. So far what I have said is the hardest part of rebuilding the
action.  The other parts should not be too difficult.  Remember to travel your
flanges as well.

Dave Peake, RPT
Portland, OR