Plastic pegs

[Tom Dickson]

Alan,

   I thank you for your time and information!  From the caller's 
description, I really didn't get a picture of what he was talking about.  I 
really appreciate your input as it gives me more info. as a tech for next 
time.

   Good to hear from you!

Sincerely,
Tom Dickson






>From: "Alan Forsyth" <alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk>
>Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Plastic pegs
>Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 21:51:04 +0100
>
>"Anyway, the owner says that there are "plastic pegs" in the back of the
>key,
>underneath.  These go into some type of aluminum channel."
>
>
>These pegs are spring loaded with a plate spring. After ten years the
>plastic gives up - polarizes - unable to take the spring tension. This was
>the main problem with the Rippen or Lindener pianos. They had a totally
>plastic keyboard and those pegs replaced the conventional balance rail 
>pins.
>You might be able to salvage pegs from scrapped pianos, but plastic being
>plastic they will not last very long. If you do find spares and try and
>insert them you will probably end up breaking a whole lot more than you
>started with because you cannot remove the clips from the neighbouring keys
>without breaking them. These pianos were an engineers piano, very ingenious
>and innovative design. I believe they were of Swedish design, parts made in
>Holland and assembled at Shannon Airport in Ireland in the 70's.
>Best to stay clear of this one!
>
>Regards
>Alan Forsyth FWIW, BTW, IMHO
>Edinburgh
>
>
>
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