<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 1/25/01 7:44:07 AM Pacific Standard Time,
<BR>drwoodwind@hotmail.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Ok, so here's the deal:
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<BR>Client has a J. French console. Loves the cabinet. Action filled with
<BR>plastic parts. Jacks have started to crumble. I've replaced a few and
<BR>warned of impending implosion. She really wants to keep the piano.
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<BR>Plastic hammer flanges, damper levers, backchecks, jacks, and whippen
<BR>flanges. Is it possible/advisable to replace the entire action? Or, what
<BR>is the time estimate to replace all the parts and regulate? I may have to
<BR>refer this one out, not the kind of work I like.
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<BR>Ron Koval
<BR>Chicagoland
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<BR>The last time I bid a piano with all of the plastic parts you mentioned, it
<BR>was over $2000. They are usually not cost worthy. Last year I replaced lifter
<BR>elbows, hammer, wippen, and damper rail flanges that were plastic, for around
<BR>$1200. It was and heieloom and her folks paid for it.
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<BR>As for replacing the whole action, you can get assemblies like the jack,
<BR>wippen and flanges.
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<BR>Dave Peake, RPT
<BR>Portland Chapter
<BR>Oregon City, OR
<BR>www.davespianoworks.locality.com
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