<!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 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=cy@shusterpiano.com href="mailto:cy@shusterpiano.com">Cy Shuster</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 09, 2006 8:00 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: 1937 Acrosonic action removal</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Absolutely.  Just the "collets" from a damper head will work (you may have to drill them out to fit over the P.F.G.P.).  I used six of 'em on the Acrosonic I just did, to keep them from slipping through their guide rail.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT><FONT size=2>I also tied that sticker rail to the main action with two pieces of music wire on the action brackets.  Don't tie it too close, though.  Otherwise, when you reinsert the action, all the leather-covered-wood-fingers that sit on top of the capstans will fall *behind* the capstans, and it will be impossible to (a) push down all the backs of the keys and (b) lift them all up over the capstans.  The only decent fix is to lift and then reinsert the action.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Cy,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I disagree. Look on the floor---the fallstrip can be used as a straight edge to push the back of the keys down and enable the pickup fingers to slip back over the capstans</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom Driscoll </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Darned difficult to find the four posts the action sits on, too; the dampers seem to be the best guide to docking...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Cy <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    . An old trick from Lawrence Goetsch .listen for  metal contact between the stud and the bracket on the bass side. Then reach down with your left hand and brail the bracket in place. Repeat on the treble end and your in.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>    Tom Driscoll</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>