<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>  <DIV>Hi List,</DIV> <DIV>I am trying to find out more about Petrof grand actions and what appears to be a problem with their setting-up/geometry etc.  I recently came across a 12 year old large grand which has potentially very good sound qualities but a lousy feel to the touch.  Whilst I need to go back and carry out an in-depth inspection to make further judgement, my limited experience of Petrof grands is that they generally have a question mark over the touch.  There are some quite negative comments on the web, particularly from a team from a music institution who tried out several instruments.</DIV> <DIV>Have any of you action geometry guys had experience of analyzing the Petrof  action and doing any re-thinking on it?   This particular one is quoted as having a Renner action.</DIV> <DIV>I would appreciate any leads on this before I venture quite a long distance to see it again.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>ric</DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>