[pianotech] Hurricane salvage

[Ron Nossaman]

On 11/10/2012 1:18 PM, David Boyce wrote:
>
>> But when i started using them, they would break, or not quite fit. It
>> didn't take me long to figure out that it was cheaper in the long run
>> to buy a new replacement part, than to spend the time redoing the same
>> repair over and over, until one of the parts actually worked.
> On the other hand, sometimes it's the band new parts that don't quite
> fit, and if you had salvaged parts from an old action of the exact make
> and model, that could save a lot of bother.  Where, for instance, would
> one get a new action part for the Johann Jacob Bender action with the
> curly-wurly wippen that I posted a picture of some weeks ago!  Point
> taken about brittleness though.
>
> Maybe there is a middle ground between running the salvage idea as a
> business in its own right, and simply scrapping all the parts.
>
> Best regards,
>
> David.

Well, that fell apart with the very first post. The suggestion was not 
to salvage old worn out action parts, nor start a salvage company.
Ron N