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<div>Rick, et. al,</div>
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<div>Thanks for pointing me in this direction. This is actually the text I have, though there is no diagram included, nor is it mentioned anywhere in the text that the hammers should rest on the rail!</div>
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<div>Does anyone familiar with these have specific tools they use for bending the springs or other functions, or a specific method for bending/massaging/cajoling/tweaking them?</div>
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<div>Interesting piano. IF the hammers aren't on the rail, the notes will fail as often as not, because the jacks get trapped. </div>
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<div>Thanks again,</div>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: pierre.gevaert@belgacom.net<br>
To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 2:03 PM<br>
Subject: RE: Bluthner action regulation/specs<br>
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<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">Hi Stéphane,</SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">Those funny guys of Bluthner where still making these actions around 1920 (Erard invented our modern action about 1 century earlyer !!</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">Pierre)</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Message d'origine-----<br>
De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] De la part de Stéphane Collin<br>
Envoyé : mardi 22 août 2006 21:35<br>
À : Pianotech List<br>
Objet : Re: Bluthner action regulation/specs</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hi Avery.</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Right you are. I read this in a german text about the so called Blüthner </SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Patent action. I don't know exactly when Blüthner ceased using it's patent </SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">action.</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Stéphane Collin.</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">----- Original Message ----- </SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From: "Avery" <avery1@houston.rr.com></SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org></SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:06 PM</SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Subject: Re: Bluthner action regulation/specs</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Stéphane,</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I assume this is different because of the brand and/or age?</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Avery</SPAN></FONT></div>
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