I think, generally speaking, studio whippens will be the same as upright wippens. Of course, the Gulbransen whippen may be of an odd design - these were somewhat odd pianos.... All you can do is match up as closely as possible with what is available and modify as necessary. Or make a new one. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arlie Rauch" <adarpub@midrivers.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 9:43 AM Subject: Which Whippen? > Yesterday I serviced a Gulbransen studio piano at an Elk's Club. The > bottom two keys had been blocked off because the whippens were gone, > perhaps borrowed for another position in the piano. The only whippens > I had that came close were the Schaff upright #523 1/2. But even those > were not perfect. > > I had to screw the capstans down as far as they would go. Then I had > to replace the felt on the bottom of the whippen with much thinner > felt, and finally with some regulation they worked. > > I don't see any whippen specifically for studio size pianos. Any > advice? > > Arlie Rauch > Glendive, MT > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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