<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><SPAN class=359035103-06082007><FONT size=4>Thanks Jack I appreciate the come back.............Ron Boyd</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> JWyatt1492@aol.com [mailto:JWyatt1492@aol.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 05, 2007 10:55 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wood and Brooks 90 degree Inverted Direct Blow Action<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Hello Ron,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    The W.<A href="mailto:W.@B">@B</A>. 90% action was presented as </DIV> <DIV>a "Grand" action  in a small vertical in the late 1940s.</DIV> <DIV>   I think the ones we had then was the  Shoninger </DIV> <DIV>brand. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  We found that the action regulation was not reliable.</DIV> <DIV>The best remedy we found was to reduce the hammer</DIV> <DIV>blow a little and or increase the key dip a little.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  In extreme cases when checking was the problem </DIV> <DIV>we would use back check leather  on the  hammer</DIV> <DIV>tails.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  Most of the 90% actions will be found  <A href="mailto:Story@Clarks">Story@Clarks</A> </DIV> <DIV>and Everetts.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   Richard Bittner  has more experience with these </DIV> <DIV>actions than anyone I know.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jack Wyatt</DIV> <DIV>Dallas</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><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>