Brambach Grand Hammer Butts

[Farrell]

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I just finished refurbishing/regulating a Brambach action (salvage =
operation) with the square knuckles (major yucko). You need to hear from =
someone else of knowledge on this, BUT I believe you will want to do a =
little bit of basic action geometry anaysis here and simply determine =
what flange/knuckle size/knuckle position setup is going to work best =
for you and replace the hammers, shanks, knuckle, and flange with a =
modern setup of correct geometry. Are the repetition levers modern? Or =
are they those half-as#%& ones with the jack to the pianist end of the =
little repetition stub (no repetition lever window for the jack to show =
through)? If you have these goofy ones, can I assume you will be =
replacing these? Or is this not a complete rebuild? The bottom line is =
that I am not sure it would work well if you mate modern/normal knuckles =
to the old, cheap, goofy (I don't really know this, but I think it is =
true) repetition setup I see frequently on small, inferior-quality =
pianos of the early 20th Century.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
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  From: Tom Hochhalter=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 9:53 PM
  Subject: Brambach Grand Hammer Butts


  To all,

  I'm in the middle of rebuilding a Brambach grand piano, and I'm in =
need of replacing the hammer butts.  Yes, this is a grand piano action =
with hammer butts, rather than hammer shank and knuckle.  The knuckle on =
these butts is square/rectangle, and consist of action cloth and =
buckskin.  Does anyone have a set or number of them?  Or does anyone =
know of where I can get some? I've contacted Schaff and American, no =
such luck there.  Any info would be helpful.  Thanks in advance.  Tom

  Tom Hochhalter, RPT
  Holland, MI
  tomhoch@egl.net


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