<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV>There’s been hundreds of words expressed on this forum covering this subject.  The archives would have all of it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>One thing I’ll point out that I’ve experienced Tom, the screw holes for the wood screws may need to be hollowed out to receive the screw head  .........  OR you can bring slightly longer screws  ............  OR you may not have to worry a bit about this depending on the casting.  I paid particular attention to the position of the whippen heel on the capstans.  If you get them to seat back in place exactly where they used to be, you won’t have much adjusting to do.  The same applies for the hammer rail.  This is assuming the proper strike ratios were established in the first place and that nothing or no one has changed the regulation to accommodate the changing/expanding brackets.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I’ve allowed 4 hours and have been usually done with the job in three using this method.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The big headache for me on my first one was the screw holes   ...........  and the piano was two hours from here.  Fortunately the owner was a bit of a machinist and had bits and a drill press to handle the job.  I’ve used a hand power drill to accomplish the same in the field.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lar</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianotech-request@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech-request@ptg.org">pianotech-request@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:00 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> pianotech Digest, Vol 35, Issue 96</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">Send pianotech mailing list submissions to<BR>pianotech@ptg.org<BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>pianotech-request@ptg.org<BR><BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>pianotech-owner@ptg.org<BR><BR>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of pianotech digest..."<BR><BR><BR>Today's Topics:<BR><BR>   1. action brackets (Tom Gorley)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:27:02 -0700<BR>From: Tom Gorley <tomgorley88@sonic.net><BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Subject: [pianotech] action brackets<BR>Message-ID: <C4E85E62-2CE6-4F05-9A42-5EFB2D61012F@sonic.net><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR><BR>I am about to get a job replacing Young Chang grand action brackets.  How many hours can I expect this gig to take?  I did a few Marshall and Wendells many years ago, and they took a ton of regulating.<BR><BR>>    Tom Gorley<BR>> Registered Piano Technician     <BR>>       <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110929/03831d36/attachment-0001.htm><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech mailing list<BR>pianotech@ptg.org<BR>https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR><BR><BR>End of pianotech Digest, Vol 35, Issue 96<BR>*****************************************<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>