[pianotech] What is the Steinway term for 'whippen'

[Horace Greeley]

Hi, Wim,

At 12:36 AM 11/16/2010, you wrote:
>I don't know what the Steinway word for whippen is, since I believe 
>corporal punishment of factory workers is now against the law, but I 
>believe the part most piano technicians call a wippen*, is called a 
>repetition lever at Steinway.

Not exactly.  The entire assembly (wippen) is called a 
"repetition".  The "repetition lever" is AKA the "balancier".

>* While some technicians call a repetition lever a whippen, it is 
>not the correct spelling of this part of the a piano. This, 
>according to Jim Ellis, RPT. I don't remember when, but he wrote an 
>article about this in the Journal some years back.(Perhaps someone 
>with a CD of all past Journal articles, can do the research for me).

I think this has also come up on this list, which would make is 
searchable in the archives.

Best.

Horace


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>  Wim
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gary <gmcc at charter.net>
>To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Sent: Mon, Nov 15, 2010 2:46 pm
>Subject: [pianotech] What is the Steinway term for 'whippen'
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>I'm looking at their parts price list, and don't see whippens listed.
>The closest thing I can imagine is called 'repetitions'
>I'd call, but the girl who usually handles the phoneline for parts is
>out of the
>office until next Monday.
>cheers
>gary
>