<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What are my options here?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eagerly waiting any and all = responses!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Corte = Swearingen</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>