<HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Nancy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Several folks have given you lots of good procedural advice, including a couple of tricks I'd never used before.  I'll just offer one more reason to remove the keys before either removing or reinstalling the action:  You must tilt the action away from the strings far enough that the dampers clear the action studs, and often the stickers run into the key ends before you can get safe clearance for the dampers.  Take out the keys to make sure you can remove/reinstall without tearing off dampers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=eralna240@yahoo.com href="mailto:eralna240@yahoo.com">nancy downs</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 8/28/2005 10:59:10 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> help with reinstalling pickup fingers on Baldwin acrosnic</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV>Help!  Newbie who is about to go crazy.  Some of you told me to "dive in" and get working on Baldwin Acrosonic with some fire damage so I have.........Things were going pretty well and I was feeling pretty confident there for a while.  Took the action out and worked on shaping the hammers and doing some adjustments but when I went to put it back in, the pickup fingers would not go over the capstan screws.  I have tried numerous times to reattach them and keep it intact while trying to adjust the rail so that the fingers end up where they belong.  My last attempt resulted in all of the fingers detaching from the rail so I am back at square one which is where I was about three days ago.  I have held the keys down at their front and tried to move and shift the rail as it suggests in the Baldwin reinstallation guide.  Have I missed a step somewhere?  Could it be possible is wrong or not placed properly that would prohibit pr! oper placement of the rail and the fingers? I'm wondering if I have down something wrong with the pedals - Actually I know that I'm not doing something right, because I can't figure out where the shorter of the two dowels attach.    Anyone have any ideas what I can do to get this thing working again before I make firewood out of it?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks much,  nancy</DIV> <P>__________________________________________________<BR>Do You Yahoo!?<BR>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <BR>http://mail.yahoo.com </FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>