<!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 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>What is "carding" the hammers?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Never mind the piano, how's your husband?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Splints?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV> </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>           Last year I was given an old Janssen upright that was just fine. It has age issues, but it plays and some beginner kid would probably like it. I <EM><STRONG>had</STRONG></EM> wanted to throw a regulation on it and card and voice the hammers and sell it. </DIV> <DIV>         However, my husband fell onto the front of it and broke the one action bracket. Is the only way to fix this to remove it and drill holes to put a splint on it, (on 2 sides)? Can it be repaired?  It didnt affect it's playing, should I just continue on with regulation and sell it...for less of course than I originally wanted to get for it?...What will/can happen if I just dont repair it? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julie Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Get a sneak peek of the all-new <A title=http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982 href="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" target=_blank>AOL.com</A>.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>