<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>HTML Message</TITLE> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> I saw one today that I had never seen in my 30 years in this= business.  The lady called me to say that none of the keys= worked, and that the dampers were not damping.  She hinted= that her boys had been "playing" with the piano.  This is a= Chickering console.    I went out this morning and found it exactly as she= stated.  It took me about 10 minutes to find the= problem.  The main rail had split. (It appears that it was= a glued up rail and it suffered glue failure.)  The wippens= were attached to a rail that was fastened to the brackets. = The hammers and dampers were on a rail that was "floating" with= nothing connected to any brackets.  I've brought the action= home and I'm going to have to remove at least all the dampers to= get some clamps on the rail to put it back together.  It= would probably be better to disassemble the whole thing, but the= piano doesn't really warrant a lot of expense.   It's always fun to see something new!!   dave __________________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275    </BODY></HTML>