Brian: The "Turbo" wippen has a wippen assist spring. This is great for actions that have too much lead in the keys to try to overcome leverage deficiencies. With the "Turbo" wippen you can remove much of the lead and set the assist spring to improve touch weight. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/27/00 at 7:55 AM Brian Trout wrote: >Jim & Avery, > >Sorry, I've made a mistake. I'll tell you what I saw... > >I used to do quite a bit of ordering from the Apsco catalog. I was looking >for a set of wippens a while back and happened upon a listing for Renner >wippens for Steinway, and then the next listing was Renner wippens for >Steinway with adjusting screws. But upon looking in the price list, all I >found was that heartbreaking word, "discontinued". > >Evidently, I made the mistake of believing that since Apsco discontinued it, >that it was no longer available. But now that I found a Renner price sheet, >the Steinway wippens with the fine adjustment screw are listed! (I also now >see an item called "Steinway Turbo". I can't wait to find out what that one >is! > >Anyway, sorry for the misinformation. I stand corrected. :-) > >Brian Trout >Quarryville, PA >btrout@desupernet.net David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275
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