[CAUT] moving capstans question

[Richard Brekne]

A Steinway with whippens that have the rep spring screw adjustment 
??.... This is not a stock Steinway... grin.. I wonder if someone put in 
Schimmel whippens.  If you have the possibility... here is a really 
simple check to make... just take the hammer and whippen off  C88 and 
compare them both to the same from an instrument you know to have 
original parts. They can live without C88 for a few hours I assume :)

While you are looking at the leads.... look to see that all appear to 
have been installed by the same person. Usually its easy to spot when 
keys have been re-leaded at some point.

Cheers
RicB



    Other things I didn't check at last glance was size of the leads, wear
    (cupping) on the cuhions, or knuckle to flange center measurements.  My
    bad!  To get a better idea of the age of the parts, when did Renner
    start
    using rep spring screw?  Or did they always have it?  They look so
    new I
    have to wonder if they had been replaced at one time. The more precise
    year for the piano is 1979...

    I'll report to all on Monday!

    Enjoy.

    PW