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Easiest vs. Hard to Rebuild Player Actions
By David Dewey

[ Ref. Luke Myers in 160509 MMDigest ]

Interesting list, Luke.  I think you'd best say "in general..."
as there are many variables involved, and one big one is the climate
the player action has been subjected to.  For instance, I once did
a M. Schulz action that had been in high enough humidity that it was
easy to take the little valve pneumatics off and apart.  It wasn't
a bad rebuild job at all!

Now, getting back to your list, I would add Simplex just ahead of the
Gulbransen screwed stack -- they're almost mirrors of each other, but
the Gulbransen motor is more difficult to rebuild.  I would put the
Wurlitzer behind the Schulz, at least the two-stack single valve
version, as it too requires sawing apart somewhat like the Gulbransen
glued stack.  Of course, this is all just opinions!

David Dewey


(Message sent Tue 10 May 2016, 07:23:39 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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