Chickering Wippen Flanges (brass)

[alan and carolyn barnard]

Assuming you are just talking about the top little pressure plates, I
replaced a whole set of them in a Chick 1/4 grand and it's a pretty simple
job. It will mess up some of your hammer shank/whippen alignments, a
little. The secret to an easier life is to buy (or make) a butt plate
inserter tool. Don't know where I got mine, probably Schaff. 

Alan Barnard
Salem, Missouri


> [Original Message]
> From: Thomas Cole <tcole@cruzio.com>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 05/15/2005 3:23:39 PM
> Subject: Chickering Wippen Flanges (brass)
>
> I'm rewhatevering a 1911 Chickering grand which has brass flanges for 
> hammers and wips. The hammer flanges are beefy and holding up well, but 
> the wippens are starting to break a few tongues at the notch for the 
> center pin. About a dozen are no longer able to hold the center pin 
> tightly. Anybody have some to spare? Better ideas for repair?
>
> Tom Cole
>
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