Thanks Ed, That's what I was asking. Rick Ucci/ Ucci Piano www.uccipiano.com On Oct 27, 2010, at 8:26 PM, Ed Foote <a440a at aol.com> wrote: > >>How do u adjust the fly? Shim? > Greetings, > > If you are referring to the older style of fly(jack) that has no > adjusting button nor spoon, you will have to thread a couple of > pieces of > > embroidery thread through the compacted felt that positions the fly > under the knuckle. Be advised that this felt is hard to properly > > replace. It is very quiet, and anything you replace it with needs > to be really soft, which will compact rather quickly. I use a > fairly large > > needle and insert the thread from the top, pulling it through until > flush with the upper surface, and slice it free from the bottom with a > > long blade in an Xacto knife. > > It is also usual that these vintage whippens have verdigris, so > that is one more reason to replace them. > > Regards, > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101027/bb515d94/attachment.htm>
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