<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">Terry</font> wrote...<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica; ">I'm trying to understand how escapement occurs with this wippen.</span> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> </font> <font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">the</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> mice help stupid !</font><br> <br> <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; clear: both; "><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <font color="green">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</font><br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font size="1" color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"> <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt; ">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Mon, Sep 24, 2012 6:09 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Curiously curvaceous repetition lever<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_13f7d683-9dcc-4240-8287-add2d1d0a3d7"> <div>I'm trying to understand how escapement occurs with this wippen. It appears that the top of the rep lever hits the drop screw, pushing the rep lever down, which in turn trips the jack with the letoff button on the spoon (attached to the jack) - is that correct?</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Interesting for sure.  Where were Schroter's made?  Thanks for sharing.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Terry Farrell</div> <div><br> </div> <br> <div> <div>On Sep 24, 2012, at 7:31 PM, David Boyce wrote:</div> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <font face="Arial">Found this action in a 1920s Schroter piano, a make I've not encountered before, piano or action.  How undulating!<br> <br> Best regards,<br> <br> David.<br> </font> </div> <span><Action from Schroter piano.jpg></span></blockquote></div> <br> </div>  </div> </div> </font>