<html><div style='background-color:'><P>About to begin regulation on vintage 9' Henry F. Miller Concert grand, circa 1895. Impeccable condition, and one of the most powerful pianos i've ever heard! However, the action, which is all original, save new hammers/shanks and dampers, is not quite up to modern standards. There are no "traditional" capstan screws, but the "rocker' type; you know, loosen one screw, tighten the other to adjust hammer strike distance.  And then I wonder, if I should set the hammer blow distance to 1 7/8ths or 1 3/4"? I'm thinking the former. I do not have a whole lot of grand regulation experience, since the vast majority of my clients own uprights! </P> <P>And then there is the repetition spring. this is also the old configuration where the spring has a "hook" which hooks onto a cord which passes through the lever. (It may or may not have a screw to adjust the spring tension; don't remember, cause the action is still at the client's house, but ...I HOPE IT DOES!! It appears that MOST of the springs are too weak to support the rep. lever, and so the knuckle is supported TOTALLY by the jack. I'm a bit leary of strengthening the spring, in fear that the cord, which looks fairly old, may snap under the increased tension. </P> <P>The first order of business will be to file and reshape the hammers, which are not that old and of very high quality...just a bit grooved and flattened slightly at crown. Then the regulation will commence. If anyone has experience with this vintage type grand action, I would very much appreciate your wisdom and insights, at least as to the hammer blow and rep. spring. thanks and HAPPY LABOR DAY! )Anyone working Monday? I am...just one though.</P> <P> </P> <P>Terry Peterson<BR><BR><BR></P> <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMWENUS/2734??PS="><b>Get MSN 8</b> and help protect your children with advanced parental controls.</a> </html>