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<BR>I'd just finished doing some action work on a 110 year old upright and w=
as lifting it back into the piano when the action decided to detach itself f=
rom the rail. Fortunately it was in one of the stores I do occasional =
work for and was not an heirloom in somebody's home.
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<BR>Nonetheless, seeing broken stickers, whippens and flanges lying all over=
the floor leaves one with a feeling similar to the feeling of seeing one's =
car smashed up in the middle of the road. Kinda sick.
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<BR>I now have to find a source for whippens, stickers and flanges. I =
have samples(plenty of them), but I am not sure what kind of action it is. &=
nbsp;I will look for the maker when I go back next week. Joe G., or an=
yone else, is there a chance I could purchase some replacement parts from th=
ose of you with a lifetime's worth of collected parts?
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<BR>I will now be EXTREMELY careful when lifting actions into or out of pian=
os...
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<BR>Dave "man of action" Stahl</FONT></HTML>