At 3:55 PM +0200 6/23/03, Richard Brekne wrote: >Course that raises the need to find a convienient regulating scheme >for those magnets aft of the capstan :) Not a biggie. You could find the longest and thinnest Allen head cap screw, and send it downwards through the body of the wippen, magnets attached to the bottom end. A ball-headed Allen wrench could then make purchase on the head without having to come directly down on top of it. Meaning you could adjust the rear magnets, coming in slightly to the side of the back half of the rep lever (or even bending it slightly out of the way). A quick survey of reps around my shop showed me that of any we're likely to see, only the Renner-Schwander and the original WN&G don't have a nice thin taper on the backside of the rep lever. Of course if you don't want to stray far from the cap you're adjusting screw will have to go at least through the thicker portion of the wippen body which provides the foundation for the post, if not through the heel itself. All of this is extra weight, but fortunately closer to the wippen center. At 11:20 PM -0500 6/22/03, Ron Nossaman wrote: >>Or do they affect inertia in other ways? >There are other ways? .....among practitioner of the Voodoo religion, there are certain superstitions....... To paraphrase Louis Jordan, "there aint nobody here but us moneys". Bill Ballard RPT NH Chapter, P.T.G. "Lady, this piano is what it is, I am what I am, and you are what you are" ...........From a recurring nightmare. +++++++++++++++++++++
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