<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Cut an appropriate sized peice of 24 ply dilignit pinblock material out and make a new one. It will probably hold better then any repain on pot metal you can make, and if you make it look really good you can even brag a bit about your creativity to the customer RicB <blockquote TYPE=CITE> <blockquote dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <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"> </div>  Hello everyone, This morning, I had an old action in my action cradle and was working on shaping the hammers when the top half of the action came loose from the cradle.  I thought it was odd as I knew I had everything snug just a minute ago. As I move up to replace the top half of the action back into the cradle, I immediately see what the problem is.  The top action bracket (the one at the extreme treble) has completely cracked off.  Now, when I replace the action in the piano, there will be no way to affix the bracket to the post (since the bracket is now cracked off).  Although this piano is probably 75 years old and in bad shape, it is priceless to my customer as it was her grandmother's piano. What are my options here? Eagerly waiting any and all responses! Thanks,Corte Swearingen</blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A>   </body> </html>