<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Joe,<br> <br> I hadn't made acquaintance with numbers 1 and 2 that I can recall, so thanks for the education. The fellow I was writing to has some friends/clients in South India who are needing their #3 type bird cages serviced. The US wasn't the only place the English exported those beasts.<br> <br> Tom<br> <br> Joseph Garrett wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid380-22006721863146370@earthlink.net"> <meta http-equiv="Context-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <p></p> <div> <div> "I was going to say that the main difference with the bird cage action is </div> <div> that it has overdampers, so the mechanism is a little different, and the </div> <div> way you mute the strings is different when you tune. But the rest of the </div> <div> action is pretty much the same." </div> <div>  </div> <div> Tom, </div> <div> That is simply NOT true. there are, (essentially), three different types of Over-Damper actions. 1. (the earliest to my knowledge) The hinged Sticker Action. (I'm sure Jack Wyatt will chime in on the "correct" name.<G>) 2. The Flanged "Sticker" Action 3.The "Modern" action with Over-Damper.  </div> <div> Each has it's foibles, the least of which is #3. #1 & #2 are a royal pain to get to function with any consistancy and are a bear to repair. </div> <div> I've been working on these "beasts" since the 70's and really don't have much trouble with them NOW. There was a long learning curve, as there weren't any Brit Tuners to consult with. They don't think there's anything unusual about them. (Go figger!<G>) </div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</div> <div>Captain, Tool Police</div> <div>Squares R I</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>