Patrick, Not no, H%$# NO!<G> First of all, I've redesigned many actions for Chickerings Using Pratt Read and Renner parts. There are ways of putting a new action in a piano. Plastic, IMSO, is not it. It's too stiff and clunky for my likes. But, thanks for the suggestion.<G> I have all of the W.N.& G. action parts kit. I've done the numbers, etc.Just didn't add up for this olde duffer.<G> My point to this exercise is to see if I can save the customer some big bucks and have the piano play as it was originally designed. (which I consider to be correct for the instrument, as this is a pre-Aeolian thang.<G>) Regards, Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: J Patrick Draine To: joegarrett at earthlink.net;pianotech at ptg.org Sent: 7/26/2011 8:44:30 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Chickering Grand Hammer Flanges? Joe, I don't have answers to your annealing question but you might consider calling Jude Reveley for information on how he redesigned a couple Chickering actions: WN&G action rail, WN&G action parts, back action, and a new and redesigned keyboard. Probably more than you were planning on, but perhaps worth considering. If it's the same model Jude has done all the design work on maybe you could work out a deal . . . Patrick Draine Jude's neighbor, here in cool Billerica On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net> wrote: Anyone have an idea the difference of expansion rates of Steel and Brass. I'm into a Chickering Grand and am planning on trying to anneal them puppies. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110726/f14a247f/attachment.htm>
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