<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">In a message dated 9/20/02 8:53:23 PM Central Daylight Time, lesbart1@juno.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> Ah, as the gods would have it, I received a call tonight from the gentleman who tunes for the Houston Symphony who has pulled several actions from Steinway players, and said he'd help me pull it.  Everything is still there, very old, very brittle.  There's not much in the way of player technicians here in Houston......   He might have to go elsewhere for the action work and the player rebuild.  I'll restring it, but don't really wish to take on a rebuild project, especially since the piano will not be moved from the home for the work I do on it.    Thanks, I guess, for warning me I'm in for something of an adventure. les bartlett </BLOCKQUOTE> Les, please take some pictures before you take the unit out.  Most installations are similar but there can be some unusual configurations and it will make reinstallation easier. I do restorations as well as can give you some names of good restorers. Let me know if I can help. David Koelzer Vintage Pianos DFW</HTML>