<!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 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is a genearl purpose question, = addressed to all of you on this list.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is standardization a good thing = ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </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=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@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, June 05, 2003 = 3:58 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Viennese Grand = Action Regulation</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 6/4/03 11:16:57 PM Pacific = Daylight Time, <A = href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A> writes: <BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080 size=3 FAMILY="SCRIPT"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">I'm sure the restorers among us won't approve but the = last one we did got a new keyset and Renner action stack. The owner is = thrilled with his "new" piano.</FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT"> <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT = lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Del, = <BR><BR>I figured this thread would get intertwined..._:-)   <BR><BR>I thought = about what it would cost to replace the stack.  Any ideas on that?  I'd = like to have an idea, because I think the noisiness in the mechanism will = eventually bother the owner, and if replacing the old action with a more = efficient one is within her budget, I will suggest it as a possibility.  Offline = answers might be appropriate here. <BR><BR>Thanks, <BR><BR>Dave</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>