<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Illimitable Action question</title></head><body> <div>At 12:40 pm -0400 20/8/06, Amanda Welsh wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>...I have a Bell piano with an illimitable action that I am trying to regulate/recondition, and I'm wondering if anyone knows if replacement jacks are available for this type of action.  All of the springs on the jacks in the bass and high treble sections are missing, as well as the thread loops...</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>I am wondering if it's possible, and worth the time to replace the jacks/loops so the piano keeps this type of action...</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>If it's something similar to the picture below, then I'd reckon about a day's work to dismantle, (decentre), remove springs, make new phosphor-bronze springs, fit springs, drill out loops, fit new polyester cord loops etc.  All the springs and loops will need replacing since the brass has become brittle and the silk has rotted.</div> <div><br></div> <div>JD</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div align="center"><img src="cid:p06240630c10f0c2daa86@[10.0.0.1].1.0"></div> </body> </html>