[CAUT] Old Knabe

[Christopher Purdy]

Avery,

Came through here at 5:09.  Those whip capstan dudes are a pain.  The  
arm that reaches from the whip to the rocker arm pop off at the  
rocker.  Just like the new plastic elbows pop onto the center pin in  
a spinet.

I have a customer with an old Bechstein grand and I have to replace a  
broken repetition spring every other year or so.  It has these  
flanges and  I enjoy it almost as much as the intestinal flu.  I'm  
hoping I don't live long enough to be forced to do the entire set.

Chris


On Dec 11, 2007, at 4:31 PM, Avery Todd wrote:

> List(s),
>
> I need some information about an old Knabe grand (1893). It has the  
> rocker arm "capstans" and I need to know how to get the stack off  
> the keys! I tried to remove a wippen, but it was attached somehow  
> to the key and I couldn't figure out how to remove it! There are a  
> lot of sluggish jacks and I need to get the wippens out to be able  
> to repin them.
>
> Another question. I think the dampers are the type that one has to  
> screw up or down to regulate them (doesn't have the usual set  
> screw) but I can't see how to get the upstop rail out of the way to  
> be able to lift them high enough to be able to do that. I also  
> can't see how to remove the underlevers to be able to work on them.
>
> I've just never worked on one of these before and I need some help/ 
> suggestions as to how to proceed! Can any of you "old" piano  
> experts out there help me?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Avery Todd

Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.
Registered Piano Technician
School of Music, Ohio University
Rm. 311, Robt. Glidden Hall
Athens, OH  45701
Office (740) 593-1656
Cell    (740) 590-3842
fax      (740) 593-1429
http://www.ohiou.edu/music


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