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As indeed always the gentleman that you are, I am grateful for your reply. Didn't Thayer also manufacture the Brambach design, or was that in-house? Thanks again!<br>
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Paul<br>
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From: JWyatt1492@aol.com<br>
To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 11:23 am<br>
Subject: Re: Can you figure out what this does?<br>
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<div>Hello Paul,</div>
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<div> This is indeed a " Lost
Motion Eliminator " </div>
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<div> This device allows a "soft " pedal to raise the </div>
<div>hammers closer to the strings without creating </div>
<div>any lost motion between the keys to the hammer. </div>
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<div> This small lever was activated by a control rod </div>
<div>at the back connected to a pedal and could be </div>
<div>individually regulated</div>
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<div> Melville Clark first used this system in his</div>
<div> " Apollo " player Grands. </div>
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<div> The connection between the Chickering Bros.</div>
<div>" Acoustigrande" and the " A. B. Chase " could</div>
<div>have been the Thayer Action Co. </div>
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<div> They are the Co. that built this particular </div>
<div>whippen.</div>
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<div>Hope this helps,</div>
<div>Jack Wyatt</div>
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