Hi, Thanks, Jack and Andrew, for the offers on Hickman's! My address is at the bottom of this post. So my conversion program glitched, hopefully I'll get it running in the next couple days and send along the requested Staib dxf's. This is an ongoing project of mine, generating 2d dxf's from action diagrams or rubbings from parts. They're only accurate as the data I have available, and I've exhausted my immediate sources. So I put it to you: please send stuff! I've found rubbings to be reliable in reproducing most geometry, especially combined with a few measurements. I have a wish-list, but I need scale drawings of Erard, and Herz/Erard grand actions from 1843-1889. The list of files so far: (* are verified to scale, < in preparation) Broadwood c.1805 sq*< Broadwood c.1890 g*< Brooks & Roberts upr Brown 1843 sq Brown c.1852 g*<< Brown (from Conrad Hoffsommer - 1885?) g* Brown 1886 g*< Brown 1890 g*< Brown unIDed g Cristofori 1726 g Erard 1821 g Herz inverse-strung g Gildemeester&Kroger c.1880 g*< Guild c.1890 upr*< H&D c.1860 g*< Langer 1909 g Pape down-striking g Staib-Abendschein upr Strange Eng. upr* Strange unIDed upr* WNG g Wornum Cottage 1811 upr Wornum t-ch 1838 g (*<) Wornum t-ch d-s 1844 g Wornum t-ch 1842 upr I'd like to reiterate Jack's statement, that one's unfamiliarity with an action has no relation to its performance; a number of these are excellent. Once I resolve with the software, I'll be able to send any of these that aren't still pending; however, it may be simpler to upload them to a handy, central place and my own website looks to be a thing of the distant future. Clark Radical Hardware/ Mi Re Ut 165 Main Street Fitchburg, MA 01420 mailto:caccola@net1plus.com
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