<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1522" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Rick,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do all your damper work first. That = includes timing lift of spoons aand hight of lift.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=tunericks@yahoo.com = href="mailto:tunericks@yahoo.com">Rick Bazemore</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> Sunday, January 08, 2006 = 5:40 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Silly Question #2 - = Reassembly Order of Upright Action</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I bought a 1907 Conover 53" Upright (has "catcher jacks" instead = of bridal straps) on ebay just for learning purposes hoping to get lucky = with some quick fixes and then turn around and sell it for whatever it = would bring...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As my luck had it, the entire action was seized with vertigris, = but the rest of the piano was in very good condition.  So, I decided to = do the proper fix and proceeded to rebush and repin every single action = center, including hammers, wippens, and dampers (now would be the appropriate = time to grin and say to yourself "what a newbie this one is!")</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Three months later, I am now ready to reassemble the action so I = can install new damper felts and new hammers (Ronsen).  My question = for today is: "What is the best order to reassemble the action with the thought = in mind that I still need to hang hammers (old shanks being used) and install = damper felt?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This! piano has the brass hammer rail, so I am also interested in = learning where to buy and how to install the long action center wire = as opposed to usuing separate pins to install each hammer.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks<BR></DIV><BR><BR>Rick Bazemore, RPT<BR>Social Circle, GA<BR>www.pianosintune.com <P> <HR SIZE=1> Yahoo! Photos<BR>Ring in the New Year with <A = href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/photos/*http://pa.yahoo.c= om/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/photos/evt=38087/*http://pg= .photos.yahoo.com/ph//page?.file=calendar_splash.html&.dir=">Phot= o Calendars</A>. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>