<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2082" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The Baldwin DVP 25 (Digital Vertical = Piano) has a keyboard designed by FATAR (which as we all know manufactures = STUDIOLOGIC Keyboards and a lot of Designer label digital instruments).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Baldwin , no longer supports their' = old digital pianos, and although I managed to locate a resource for springs, keys = are rare for this instrument. So I have to use what is available! The keys that = are without springs,(three keys) have small cracks 1/4 inch nearby the = spring wells at the end of the key assembly. Installation of the springs is = impossible because of these cracks which allow the spring wells to = spread.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I need a recommendation for a glue = to use to fix these cracks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Help</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Danny</FONT></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=remoody@midstatesd.net = href="mailto:remoody@midstatesd.net">Richard Moody</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 23, 2004 = 12:06 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Herrburger Brooks = spring & loop action</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=690462706-22082004><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">I = saw a Kranich and Bach baby grand with a string loop tied to a spring above the rep lever.  Is this what you are talking about?   I wish I = had my digital camera with me.  I advised my client not to buy it  = because I had no idea how to deal with the strings once they  broke and = one was broken already and I suspected more would break in the first 100 hours = of practice of their 10 and 12 year old.    ---ric </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=690462706-22082004><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=690462706-22082004> <P>"Don't let the past remind of us what we are <SPAN class=690462706-22082004>not </SPAN>now" Crosby Stills and Nash = song. </P> <P> </P></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On = Behalf Of </B>JWyatt1492@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 21, 2004 = 11:33 AM<BR><B>To:</B> fullnotch@westpa.net; = pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Herrburger Brooks spring & loop action<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Hello Jon.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   Herrburger Brooks built several types of </DIV> <DIV>actions.  Does yours have a repetition lever?</DIV> <DIV>If so please describe the repetition spring.</DIV> <DIV>What brand of Piano is it in?  </DIV> <DIV>The devil is always in the details.</DIV> <DIV>    </DIV> <DIV>     In the late 20s an early 30s there = were </DIV> <DIV>several grand actions built without  repetition</DIV> <DIV>levers. One made a pitiful attempt with a single</DIV> <DIV>loop spring.  But it never worked.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   This action model and others will be = displayed </DIV> <DIV>in the new  Foundation  Museum  for the = 2005</DIV> <DIV>Convention in K.C. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   </DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>Jack Wyatt</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> = <DIV>   </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>