Most old pianos have standard action parts, with the
exception of Knabes, Steinways and Kranich and
Bachs,methinks.
Any others????
Thump
--- Piannaman@aol.com wrote:
> List,
>
> I'd just finished doing some action work on a 110
> year old upright and was
> lifting it back into the piano when the action
> decided to detach itself from the
> rail. Fortunately it was in one of the stores I do
> occasional work for and
> was not an heirloom in somebody's home.
>
> Nonetheless, seeing broken stickers, whippens and
> flanges lying all over the
> floor leaves one with a feeling similar to the
> feeling of seeing one's car
> smashed up in the middle of the road. Kinda sick.
>
> I now have to find a source for whippens, stickers
> and flanges. I have
> samples(plenty of them), but I am not sure what kind
> of action it is. I will look
> for the maker when I go back next week. Joe G., or
> anyone else, is there a
> chance I could purchase some replacement parts from
> those of you with a
> lifetime's worth of collected parts?
>
> I will now be EXTREMELY careful when lifting actions
> into or out of pianos...
>
> Dave "man of action" Stahl
>
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