<!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 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>Jack: The ludwig that I regulated had the Thayer action according to your discription. I thought that I got the model number but I guess not. Sorry.</DIV> <DIV>Gerald McC</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 style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=JWyatt1492@aol.com href="mailto:JWyatt1492@aol.com">JWyatt1492@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 05, 2008 4:03 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: unusual wippens (Ludwig grand)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Hello Tom.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   The action you describe  sounds like the one</DIV> <DIV>developed by the  Thayer Action Co. for M. Schultz.</DIV> <DIV>   </DIV> <DIV>    If so the spring you describe  will make a half </DIV> <DIV>circle.  One end will hook to a round shank glued </DIV> <DIV>into the main whippen lever.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   Such an action  model is in the  PTG  Museum.</DIV> <DIV>Also one by  W. P. Haines  that is similar  except </DIV> <DIV>it has an adjustable but weird spring that is </DIV> <DIV>supposed to act as repetition lever</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  To regulate this action is the same as an upright</DIV> <DIV>with the shank resting on the hammer rail.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   As a side note,  Ludwig built a Grand piano</DIV> <DIV>with the main cabinet made of concrete.  Please</DIV> <DIV>check this case I would like to have this Ser. No. </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Regards to all,</DIV> <DIV>Jack Wyatt</DIV> <DIV>  </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Who's never won? <A title=http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548 href="http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548" target=_blank>Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music.</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>