<HTML>In a message dated 6/5/02 1:52:45 PM Central Daylight Time, gholley@hi-techhousing.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">List, I'm interested in receiving some recommendations on information sources on upright pianos, instructional such as "Piano Servicing Tuning & Rebuilding", by Arthur A. Reblitz.  I do have this book, and "The Piano Book" by Larry Fine, and "The Technical Examination - A Source Book" - The PTG Exams.   The amount of detail that I'm looking for, and wish to familarize myself with, is not covered in these books.  Information on actions in Packard, Ivers & Pond, AB Chase, Vose, Hardman, Heintzman, Bell and Chickerings.   </BLOCKQUOTE> Gordon Piano manufacturers have repair and regulation books. Unfortunately, the piano models you mentioned have not been made for a long time. So finding the specific tech books on each one of those instruments is going to be very difficult. However, in general, although there might be some very detailed differences between the actions of the pianos you mentioned, they all basically work the same. For me, part of the "fun" of working on pianos is trying to figure out how to make adjustments and repairs on pianos with which I am not familiar. By using the basic understanding of how the piano works, I am usually able to figure out what the problem is, and fix it. So use what you know, and apply it to the particular piano on which you are working. If you have a specific problem, get on the list, and get the answer. Wim </HTML>