<!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 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Cy,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've worked on one of these, and it is interesting.  The frontchec= ks and the underdamper setup are kind of cool.  I couldn't figure out how = to get the drop dialed in very precisely.  Rep springs are long and odd sh= aped and make you long nostalgically for something a bit more familiar!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I sent out some photos around a year ago, and I can resend them to you = if you'd like.  The case is amazing!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/10/2006 7:15:34 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, tompiano@bellsouth.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Cy,<BR>Actually, front checks. I have the identical action on our= Erard.<BR>Tom Servinsky<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Cy Shus= ter" <cy@shusterpiano.com><BR>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:18 PM<BR>Subject: 1885 Erard action photos<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</A></U></FONT><= /DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>