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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
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