[pianotech] New (to me) action

[Terry Farrell]

Ahhh yes, now I see it Conrad. Thanks for correcting me.

Terry Farrell

On Dec 29, 2010, at 6:41 AM, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:

> 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
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> 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
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