<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV>Hi list,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I like Charles Walter pianos.  I work on many of them.  I thi= nk they are solidly built, and the overall quality is pretty good.  But th= ere is one thing that has been bugging me about the verticals..  Every acti= on I've removed from a console or studio is wedged in to the point where I have to lower the bottom-ball bolts in order to pull= the action out from under the action bracket bolts.  In order to get to tho= se bolts, one must take out a neighboring key or two.  That requires remov= al of the key-stop rail and the fallboard(4 screws and one nut to remove both).  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I replaced a bass string the other day, which took about 10 minutes or less.  Taking the action out and getting the whole thing back together = took substantially more time than that.  Three times as long, I'm embarassed= to admit.  Of course, having the whole thing back together, then dropping = one of the fallboard screws under the keys didn't help much....}-;</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Next time I won't remove the action.  I'll just tighten the pedal = way down to get the dampers out of the way.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I can't think of a good reason why the actions are wedged in so ti= ght on these pianos.  Any insight on this?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>