<!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 6.00.2726.2500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>I am working on an upright, an = Ackerman and Lowe, Marion, Ohio, that has, according to the statement on the hammer = rail a French Repeating Action.  There are dowels running horizontally, in = the bass, tenor section and treble just below the hammer butts.  I need = to work on several hammers and it appears those dowels need to be removed to = efficiently remove a hammer assembly.  Does anyone have knowledge about = this system and how to best deal with it?  Many thanks and please reach = me privately if that is best to do.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4><A href="mailto:jdally@ecr.net">jdally@ecr.net</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV></= BODY></HTML>