<!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 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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"> </DIV> <DIV>I am going to inspect a 1992 Young Chang Grand for a client of mine who is considering purchasing it from the sellers of the house she is buying.  Could someone give me a quick sympton list of Expanding Action Bracket Syndrome?</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR>Rick Bazemore, RPT</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rick,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    When you get to the piano and the action is halfway out , the drop screws are wedged into the pinblock and there are skid marks out front from the last piano tuners vehicle.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Those are good indications that the brackets are growing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Kidding aside , the previous posts are on track (Even Mr. Bondi's ) and more generally the thing will just feel as wrong as an action can feel.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom Driscoll RPT</FONT><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>