<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>          Thank you for help, especially sug adding the glue to the splint. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Husband is fine, on his arm, he had a pattern scrape from the weave of a basket which sat on the piano, nothing serious, thankfully.  He has no action bracket marks as it cracked while action was bolted in, from the impact of piano falling backward.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>. Carding is the term they taught us in school, for sanding the hammers' felt to alleviate the grooves. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Splints; since the action bracket is cracked horizontally, I  thought drilling 2 holes in each side of the bracket (one above the crack on each side and one below the crack on each side) and splinting it together with 2 small steel plates and screws. I hadnt thought of the glue or J-weld but those are good ideas. Thank you!  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia </DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 7/30/2007 1:11:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is "carding" the hammers?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Never mind the piano, how's your husband?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Splints?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><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></BODY></HTML>