Ron, I can't help with the Zimmerman but I "think" Kawai is now using some form of "plastic" flanges in their actions. Maybe the wippens, too. I wonder if it could be the same type? Any knowledge of that? Just curious. Avery >I ran into a Zimmerman studio upright with plastic flanges. The >pinning is so tight that is now ceases to work. I have repinned a few >over the past several years. Now the problem is with most all the >flanges. The action says Pianic on it and is a Schwander type >action. My question is whether anyone knows if this is a problem >with the plastic material growing like some of the old plastics did. >This is a 10 year old piano so the plastic is a modern type. It looks >like the Kimball Schwander parts will fit and my inclination is to >replace the plastic with wood. The butts have a butt plate so >repinning would be extremely easy in that you can put a smaller >center pin in. > >Replacing the parts wouldn't take much more time than repinning. >Do any of you have experience with these actions? > >Ron >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Ron Berry, RPT, Indianapolis, IN >ronberry@iquest.net >Check out the Piano Page at: >http://www.ptg.org/ >for great information about Pianos ___________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4893 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu http://www.music.uh.edu/
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