[pianotech] Old Kranich and Bach Grand

[Dean May]

Spray first with accelerator, wait a minute, then a tiny drop of thin CA on
all the joints. Problem solved. 

Dean

Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 

PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 

Terre Haute IN  47802

 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Clark A. Sprague
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 8:35 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Old Kranich and Bach Grand

  
Hi, all!  It sure was nice to see a lot of you at Grand Rapids, and to put
faces with names.  What a great resource this list is.
    That said, I went to an old Kranich and Bach grand today, that had the
board shimmed, new pinblock, new hammers with shanks and flanges.  But,
alas, not new whippens.  The old things are letting go glue joints, notably
the jack tenders.  Whoever did the job meticulously replaced all those
notorious little spring cords, but now glue joints are failing.
    Having talked about new whippens with the customer,  nothing in the
Renner kit works, or the Pianotek catalog, or the new WNG kit so graciously
given out in GR.  It seems that the K&B whip is shorter in the distance from
the flange center to the jack center.
    Anybody ever modify whips to accomplish the task?  Or what?   Besides
the obvious answer of a match and some flammable liquid!  Customer seems to
want to spend the money.
 
Clark A. Sprague, RPT
csprague4 at woh.rr.com