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<DIV>In a message dated 4/18/2004 6:28:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, tune4@ea=
rthlink.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue =
2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Hello Members<BR>A customer has a Kranich &=
; Bach grand c. 1902 that needs everything. The<BR>backchecks are the =
same as any typical vertical piano...that's just as you<BR>picture a vertica=
l in your mind, with no buckskin over the felt. The ends<BR>of the ham=
mer tails are wrapped with buckskin. The action is so far out of<BR>re=
gulation the hammers won't check, so I can't gauge the affectivness. T=
he<BR>customer wants the piano to "work" and is not concerned about preservi=
ng<BR>anything historical. Has anyone converted one of these actions t=
o the usual<BR>grand back check and hammer tail? Other than the above =
arrangement, the<BR>action and keys appear to be a conventional style, but n=
o una corda or<BR>sustenuto.<BR>Thank you.<BR><BR>Paul C</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>=
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<DIV> Paul</DIV>
<DIV> I did one of these years ago & I believe we converted it to =
a modern arrangement. It should be absolutely no problem at all. Are the bac=
kchecks angled to the non angled hammer tails ? I'm just trying to recall th=
e details. If so I'd fix that to if the checks will turn easily. It depends =
on how the metal is anchored in the check head. If it's threads , no problem=
if its the flat spade arrangement then don't change it.</DIV></BODY></HTML>