<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I've done a lot of these and Wim is right.  It depends on what the techs before you who didn't know what the problem was did.  Best case scenario for me was 1.5 hours.  Some times the brackets fit perfectly, sometimes you have to do some drilling.  It's a great way to become a hero because "no one else knew what was wrong" and "It plays so well now!"<div><br></div><div>Life is good.</div><div><br></div><div>Laura Olsen,RPT</div><div><div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"> <br> <br> <br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><br></font><font size="2" face="Arial">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Tom Gorley <<a href="mailto:tomgorley88@sonic.net">tomgorley88@sonic.net</a>><br> To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Thu, Sep 29, 2011 6:27 am<br> Subject: [pianotech] action brackets<br> </font> <br><font size="2" face="Arial">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.</font> <br> <br><font size="2" color="#2020a0" face="Arial"><b>   </b>Tom Gorley</font> <br><font size="2" color="#9f000f" face="Arial">Registered Piano Technician     </font> <br><font size="2" color="#4000a2" face="Arial"><b>      </b></font> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>