This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Consider yourself lucky, on some of them the entire backcheck itself is = plastic... or at least used to be. Never seen one but I've heard of = some with the wippens and/or damper heads made entirely from plastic. Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- > Liszt,=20 > > If you ever find yourself unfortunate enough to be tuning a winter = spinet circa 1940s, do not, repeat, DO NOT attempt to move the > = backchecks even slightly. The whippens are mounted on plastic flanges, = and they are now of an age that renders them quite > brittle. =20 > > I was tuning one of these little beasts yesterday, and I attempted to = regulate one of the backchecks, thereby snapping the > whippen flange. Pulled the action out, replaced flange, put action = back in, resumed tuning, and immediately found another > broken flange...guess where I'm going this morning?=20 > > Oh yeah, the damper flanges are also made of the same yellowing = plastic. The hammerflanges, thank goodness, are made of > wood!=20 > > Just offering you all fair warning.=20 > > Dave Stahl=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f3/16/aa/c0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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