Searching for NYC tech

[David Love]

Could be Norman Neblett, who is now in the LA area.  

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Sarah Fox <sarah@gendernet.org>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 11/14/2003 2:37:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Searching for NYC tech
>
> Hi Diane,
>
> Thanks!  Renner it is! :-)
>
> Very nice wippens.  Thirty years of hard service, and they're still in
> pretty good condition.  Their only problem is that a few of the jacks are
> off center and dragging lightly on the rep lever.
>
> I am now told that the "N.N. '71" would be the marking of a Renner
> technician at the factory -- unrelated to any tech in NYC.  The tech in
NYC
> would still be "Stori" (? -- not perfectly legible).  This signature is
> scribbled throughout the piano, including on several keysticks.  I had
> assumed the "Sto" stamp on the A0 wippin was his/hers.  Perhaps it stands
> for some word in German.  Obviously the other stamp ("Hg") is shorthand
for
> (rep spring) "pressure" -- in a round about sort of way.  (If it stands
for
> mercury, I've got a problem!)
>
> I continue to enjoy using your earplugs.  They're easy to wear and take
the
> edge off of my noise exposure!
>
> Peace,
> Sarah
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "DIANE HOFSTETTER" <dianepianotuner@msn.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 4:20 AM
> Subject: Re: Searching for NYC tech
>
>
> > Hi Sarah,
> >
> > I've been staring at identical wippens for days now--they are made by
> > Renner.  The ones I have been playing with are installed in a Baldwin
> SD-10
> > concert grand.  Pretty easy to regulate because you can adjust the
> > repetition springs with a screw driver instead of having to reach in
with
> a
> > tool like the Hart spring tool, disengage the repetition spring, bend it
> the
> > appropriate amount, replace it in the groove and repeat the whole
process
> if
> > you didn't do it just the right amount.
> >
> >   As my father used to say: "The Hofstetter law of wire bending: if the
> wire
> > needs to be bent a little to the right, you bend it a little to the
right
> > and then it needs to be bent a little to the left."
> >
> > These wippens make the job a lot easier, no bending, just easily
> > controllable turning of the screw.  Sorry, don't know the NYC tech.
> >
> > Glad to see you back!
> >
> > Diane
> >
> >
> >
> > Diane Hofstetter
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Sarah Fox" <sarah@gendernet.org>
> > >Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > >Subject: Searching for NYC tech
> > >Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 23:58:42 -0500
> > >
> > >Hi everyone,
> > >
> > >I'm trying to reconstruct the history of my 1933 Wissner concert grand.
> It
> > >would have lived its entire life in New York City, and the owner before
> > >last was an opera coach for the Metropolitan Opera.  I *think* the
piano
> > >probably belonged to the Met before that, but they are unable to
> confirm -- 
> > >no records.  I am hoping a tech might remember it or have it in his/her
> > >records somewhere.
> > >
> > >Does anybody know either of the New York City techs who would have made
> > >these markings?  (See photo...)
> > >
> > >http://www.wonderfulhome.info/wissner/wippen3.jpg
> > >
> > >It appears that N.N. replaced the wippens in 1971, and Stovi / Stori /
> > >Stoni would have probably done some general work (name signed in pencil
> in
> > >various locations throughout piano).
> > >
> > >Also, can anyone identify the manufacturer of this wippen for me?
> > >
> > >I'd appreciate any leads.  Thanks!
> > >
> > >Peace,
> > >Sarah
> >
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