<!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 6.00.2479.6" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Hi Roger,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>I will be in the Saskatoon area = towards the end of Oct. Would love to see your shop facilities. Hope to acquire some new = ideas</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>for outfitting my "old" shop. Look = forward to seeing it..and you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Moffatt & Sons Piano = Service<BR>Calgary, Alberta<BR>Canada T3E 5G4<BR>(403) 243-0385<BR></FONT><A href="mailto:moffattr@cadvision.com"><FONT color=#000080 size=2>moffattr@cadvision.com</FONT></A></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT size=2>From: "jolly roger" <</FONT><A href="mailto:baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca"><FONT size=2>baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca</FONT></A><FONT = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>To: <</FONT><A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 9:49 = AM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Subject: Re: Basic Action Design/Performance Question</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=2>> <BR>> Hi = Terry,<BR>>             &= nbsp; The difference in performance with good Abel hammers and<BR>> shanks, = correctly tapered and tailed, is like night and day. Then add<BR>> = correct weight off, and good key fitting, you will then find a nice = feeling<BR>> piano.   Take it a step further and time the dampers, another improvement.<BR>> Roger <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> At 08:57 AM = 9/24/01 -0400, you wrote:<BR>> >Is there inherently any difference between = improved versions of grand<BR>> >actions? I know that a new Bechstein or = Walter action may well play better<BR>> >than your average new Samick or = Bergman - but isn't a lot of that inferior<BR>> >materials, glues, = manufacturing, etc.? Take two divergent actions from<BR>> >similar sized pianos - = a Walter and a Bergman. Now give both actions to the<BR>> >Willis = & David Snyder shop & David Stanwood. Let them replace any parts = they<BR>> >want and optimize all they will. Now I realize the Bergman action = will still<BR>> >seem bad when it is placed into the Bergman cavity - = but let's just assume<BR>> >that Del Fandrich (or whoever) works all kinds = of magic and somehow<BR>> >reproduced a Walter-like grand belly within the = Bergman frame (ok, ok, just<BR>> >stretching it a bit, but this is an = action question - use your imagination).<BR>> >Now you are putting these = two actions into similar pianos. Can they both<BR>> >play to a similar = potential?<BR>> ><BR>> >I hope this doesn't sound like too = goofy a question. I guess I'm asking<BR>> >whether a Young Chang (or = whatever generally viewed lower quality action)<BR>> >can be made to play = as well as any good quality action (neglecting the<BR>> >difference in = pianos - which I fully realize can dramatically affect the way<BR>> >an = action performs)?<BR>> ><BR>> >Does this make any sense? Perhaps I = am asking "besides material quality,<BR>> >design, manufacturing, = etc. (and the piano it is installed in), is there<BR>> >anything else = (magical?) about an action that makes one superior to another<BR>> = >one?<BR>> ><BR>> >I have heard before - "Well, Mrs. Pianobuyer, that = piano is not a<BR>> >Steenburger, and it will never play like a Steenburger." = Is that because the<BR>> >seller does not know how to do it? Does not = think it is worth the money to<BR>> >do it? Or that it can't be done?<BR>> ><BR>> >Inquiring minds want to know. Thanks for any = thoughts.<BR>> ><BR>> >Terry Farrell<BR>> > <BR>> <BR>> </FONT></BODY></HTML>