At 10:21 AM 12/24/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Friends, >I have been servicing a BB that was one of the last from Aeolian >(1980-1985)- the hammer felt is peeling from some of the moldings and the >tuning pins are loose. The tone is not good although needling down the >hammers has helped some. I am prepared to replace the hammers and pinblock >but have never seen one of these rebuilt and am wondering about the real >potential. I haven't yet seen one of these that was a terrific piano. >Anybody turned one of these into a really nice piano? What are the chances >of replacing the stack with a current production one and getting rid of those >awful Aeolian wippins? Thanks. > >Gary Ford, Boston Why replace the whole stack? Why not replace the wippens? If you have the RennerUSA Parts Kit you can select the shanks and wippens to offer the best regulation. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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