<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=517592320-23042003><FONT color=#0000ff = size=2>What repetition device?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=517592320-23042003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=517592320-23042003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>I = like the simplicity of this and the ability to adjust at least some of the action = with the action still in the piano.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=517592320-23042003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=517592320-23042003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>I = assume the hammer shaft has a center pin in the device at top right ... ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=517592320-23042003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=517592320-23042003><FONT color=#0000ff = size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=517592320-23042003><FONT color=#0000ff = size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=517592320-23042003></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Richard Brekne<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 23, 2003 1:43 PM<BR><B>To:</B> = PTG<BR><B>Subject:</B> Why the Whippen ?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>I ran = into the following picture following a link supplied by Calin in his last post = of just a few minutes ago. And I couldnt help but think as I was looking at = this, that it probably wouldnt be all that difficult to strengthen and improve = the repetition device on this without really changing the basic design of = the action. So I got to thinking....why NOT a two lever system... ?? = <BR>  <P><IMG height=299 src="cid:517592320@23042003-3370" width=440> = <BR>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway <BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> = <BR><A = href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broad= park.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>