<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron is right.  It is a growing = action bracket problem. Call Young Chang.  Hope you can get the action = out.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike Bratcher</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannerman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannerman@aol.com">Piannerman@aol.com</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> Thursday, May 08, 2003 = 7:50 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> G452 Wurlitzer = Grand</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">I've read most of the books but this is a new one = on me.  Several keys (probably 12 or so) in the midrange can't be depressed.  The inside of the hammer "tail" sticks against the = back of the wippen.  So the hammer is incapable of rising unless you pull = the hammer up with your hand. <BR><BR>Being a relative newbie as a piano = tech, I'm wondering what the fix is.  Take a file and file the back of the wippen?  Take a Dremel tool and sand off part of the hammer so it = doesn't rub?  Reglue the offending hammers, making the shanks 1/64 = longer?  <BR><BR>Just curious to know if any of you "Been there, done that, got = the T-shirts" have seen this before?<BR>Toodles,<BR>Charles = Cron<BR>Rockfield, KY</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>