<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.7600.16722"></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>Hello again,  Pat.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    To address the question of why the long life on this action.</DIV> <DIV>This action is very simple.   Including the key  there is three</DIV> <DIV>(3)  moving parts. Therefore inexpensive to build, durable, easy </DIV> <DIV>to service.</DIV> <DIV>    </DIV> <DIV>Jack Wyatt</DIV> <DIV>   </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/13/2011 11:50:23 A.M. Central Daylight Time, pcpoulson@sbcglobal.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>John: Thanks for the information. The leather used in covering these hammers <BR>is a very soft, fuzzy kind of leather, unlike any leather I have seen used <BR>in pianos.The effect on the tone from this kind of leather is definitely not <BR>subtle! I will try carefully sanding them to remove the string cuts first <BR>before doing any hardening. I also wonder why the Austrians kept making <BR>these Viennese actions so long. When I first looked at the instrument I was <BR>expecting it to be a very well preserved example of a mid 1800's pianos.<BR>Patrick <BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>