Thanks, Ric, At 02:48 PM 1/14/2005, you wrote: >Hi Avery... > >Without actually seeing your action I will venture this bit of thought. >There are three planes you can manipulate usually. One is purely >left-right or the lateral position of the entire whippen assembly. This is >usually allowed for by the size of the flange screw hole compared to the >smaller diameter of the screw itself. The second is the horizontal tilt, >adjusted by adding paper to one side of the flange or the other. The third >is the vertical tilt, adjusted by simply tilting the flange itself so that >it is other then perpendicular to the whippen rail. These I'm aware of and have don. Wim's post mentioned the other think I needed, I believe. >Some combination of these three needs to do the job.... or the indexing of >the action iteself is bonkers. Steinway flange or not. Draw an imaginary >line from the letoff button through the capstan position, and adjust the >lateral and horizontal to pass through both (if possible). >Then adjust the vertical to assure the jack top is centered under the >knuckle. Either its possible or not Yes ?? >The most radical fudge job I ever saw is on a Petrof I tune from time to >time. Here two sections of hammer flange holes were misalligned with the >rest of things so that not only did you have to fudge the whippen as much >as possible.. but the hammer shanks were off on this radical angle so the >hammers could actually meet the strings. I think I will have to take a >couple digi-shots of this to share with you all next time I get the >chance. Its really quite something. Sounds interesting. :-) >Reasons for differences between old and new ?? Flange condition is the >first thing that comes to my mind. I think you misunderstood my question. The condition of the two wasn't what I was wondering about. It's the different positioning problems with the new when the old didn't have those problems. See my quote below. Thanks for the reply. >RicB Avery >Avery Todd wrote: Snip >>I even went back and checked the old wippens and they seemed to be >>centered fairly well without nearly as much traveling as I had to do.
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