<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=windows-1250"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT face=Arial>I took two of = these out of an 1890 Kranich & Bach upright (a beauty!).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT face=Arial>Time has gone = by and I now have a problem: I can't figure out what they are or where the heck they = were in the piano!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT face=Arial>They are brass = with machine screw threads (not wood screw) and either were round at the tip or had a = chisled point that has worn, somewhat.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT face=Arial>They are NOT = the action-to-plate bolts. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT face=Arial>The keybed and = key rails are typical upright, i.e., glued and screwed; no shifting or adjusting = there. The hammer rest rail has its own small regulating screws. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT face=Arial>This piano has = a removeable action that does not include the whippens or key-to-whippen stickers which are on a separate rail about 4 inches above the key = ends, with the stickers stuck to the keys by pieces of bushing felt (!) clamped under little brass tabs, a.k.a., brass rail plates. There = are separate, flanged stickers that ride freely atop the whippens and are = attached to the butts with bird's eyes and brass pins. The lower, whippen/sticker, rail is not adjustable: It is screwed onto the back of = long cheek extensions on each end of the piano. The upper action = assembly is more conventional and looks "normal" except for the lack of = whippens. It is cradled in three places on extensions cast into the frame, then = held in place by large knurled brass screws, not unlike these in appearance.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT face=Arial>The trapwork is = wooden levers in a fairly conventional setup--no place for = brass regulating screws, here.</FONT> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT face=Arial size=4>These = puppies sure look like they regulate something ... but what?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=968432401-30122004><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>--<BR> No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR> Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release Date: = 12/28/2004<BR> </FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT> </P>