<!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 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>You could remove the whole bracket (or one of = the intact ones if it is absolutely identical) and take it to a foundry--have a new = one sand-cast and machined. As to who should pay ... I dunno.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Too bad we don't have piano junkyards like auto = junkyards where we could find old parts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Maybe put the piano description and a photo = of the bracket on the web here--somebody might just have one, it's happened.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ssclabr8@flash.net href="mailto:ssclabr8@flash.net">SUSAN = P SWEARINGEN</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 06, = 2003 11:06 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Help!!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>