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<div>At 7:38 PM -0700 3/7/04, Phillip Ford wrote:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>... For those interested here is a link
to some interesting action parts that are in a 1930 Vose & Sons
Grand.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana"
color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/24qzw</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Thanks for sharing that. A few
interesting things:</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>1. What I at first took to be a
novel wippen assist spring appears to be the repetition
spring.</blockquote>
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<div>Correct.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>... there could perhaps be a little bit
of relative movement between the underside of the repetition lever and
the top of the jack as the action moves through its range of motion
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<div>Very possible.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>3. It's not clear to me what the
top of the jack is acting against. It appears to be a slot in
the end of the repetition lever. </blockquote>
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<div>There is no slot. The end is wrapped in leather. There is some
indentation by the jack in the leather from usage only, much in the
same fashion as a knuckle that is showing signs of being flattened.
See pic 10.</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>... 4. There appears not to be a
drop screw, or its equivalent. It would seem that if you weren't
careful about setting repetition lever height you might end up with
almost no letoff feel. Not a good thing I would
think.</blockquote>
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<div>As I recall, I had to find middle ground between two adjustments.
Either direction caused the other to be off somewhat. Remarkably, it
does play quite well all things considered.</div>
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<div>Glad you enjoyed the browse,</div>
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<div>Keith</div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Keith
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SEMINAR</font></div>
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