Kranick & Bach Wippens

[Maxpiano@AOL.COM]

I guess I was fortunate.  I can identify with the dog problem, as I once had 
removed an action from a Kranich & Bach, set it on the floor.  While my 
attention was turned to the piano, the customer's puppy commenced feeding.

The piano was an old upright, and only #88 hammer was destroyed, which was 
easily replaceable.

I've had bouts with Kranich Bach grands, too.  Jacks tend to break at the 
center pin hole--new parts worse than the originals on that score.  The 
horizontal wippen flanges were used so that the wippens (and hammer shanks) 
could lie parallel to the rear part of the keys rather than at 90 degrees to 
the action rail.   And the keys are configured without the second bend, which 
would mean getting a new set of keys if one wanted to replace the entire top 
action with modern parts.  

Bill Maxim, RPT