Matthew, in the dim recesses of my memory, I seem to recall a discussion in the past where someone used a piece of cardbord large enough to span the hammers and wide enough that you can put that inside the action and the cardboard will force the hammers down enough as you remove it that you actually can. With no herioc measures! lol anyone else done something like that? On Dec 18, 2009, at 10:24 AM, "pmc033 at earthlink.net" <pmc033 at earthlink.net > wrote: > Matthew: > I've heard from some that you might have to break the brackets, > cut them > or whatever. But if you can't do that, you could turn the glide > bolts up > all the way. But that means that you'll have to rebed the keyframe, > relevel the keys, regulate the whole action to match, etc. Then, > MAYBE, > you can get the action out. It's also possible to remove the > keybed, but > that's another story. > Good luck. > Paul McCloud > San Diego > > >> [Original Message] >> From: <toddpianoworks at att.net> >> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> >> Date: 12/18/2009 8:11:28 AM >> Subject: [pianotech] Young Chang Brackets.....again >> >> Greetings all, >> >> I remember reading a while back that YC brackets can be so bad that >> the > hammers won't clear the stretcher upon removal. >> >> How does one slide an action out where the hammer flanges won't even > clear the underside of the pinblock? >> >> Matthew >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry >> > >
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