Actually, that _is_ a rep lever. It just doesn't wrap around the top of the jack. Instead of the jack going through a window in the rep lever, the drop spoon goes through a window in the jack. With that in mind, regulate it like you would any modern escapement action, except for using a spoon bender for adjusting drop. (I don't remember there being a drop screw, and the picture doesn't show the top of the hammer rail.)
Good luck!!! ;-}
Conrad Hoffsommer
From: mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:04:17 -0500
Subject: Re: [pianotech] New (to me) action
Pretty freaky! I'm with Wim. Looks more-or-less like a modern grand action - but without a repetition lever. So it appears to function like a modern upright - a single-escapemnet action. I'd start by approaching it as a modern grand action, but you may find that some of the adjustments need to be more or less. Like my guess is that the hammer shanks will need to rest on a rail (like an modern upright) and that you will need a tiny bit of lost motion (again, like an upright) because of the single escapement design.
Or did the rep lever just fall off????????
Terry Farrell
On Dec 29, 2010, at 2:02 AM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: Paul It's an oddball action, but it can regulated by just following what does what. Other than that, what advice do you need? Wim
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From: paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tue, Dec 28, 2010 5:44 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] New (to me) action
Dang it! No wonder no one responded... thanks for the heads-up.
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:36 PM, <tnrwim at aol.com> wrote:
Pau If a picture was supposed to be attached, it didn't make it. Wim
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From: paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net>
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Sent: Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:56 pm
Subject: [pianotech] New (to me) action
If anyone has an opinion (ha!) or advice on this type action, please advise. I've never seen one like it. It's on a 1905 (I THINK) Kohler & Campbell 4'11" grand.
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