Gulbransen spinet whippen needed

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Can you supply the exact dimensions?
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Mulik" <tubist at swbell.net>
To: "piano" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:29 PM
Subject: Gulbransen spinet whippen needed


> Hello list,
>
> The other day I tuned an old Gulbransen spinet (ca. 1950) which had a 
> broken
> whippen in the tenor section.  The whippen itself is broken, not the 
> flange.
> The Schaff catalog has the kind I need on page 102, item 3768, but when I
> called they said they were all out, and would not be getting any more (due
> to lack of demand, I suppose).
>
> Does anyone have an old junk spinet action laying around with this type of
> whippen?  If so, I'd like to get a few of them.  Naturally, I'll gladly 
> pay
> for the parts and the cost of shipping them to me.
>
> Thank you,
> Paul Mulik, Joplin MO
>
>