<WBR>Paul<br>
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After removing everything, put on the lef off buttons first. It will be easier without the wips in the way. Attach the wippens next and space them. Next put on the shanks, and more or less space and travel them to get them close. But I wait until I get the hammers to space and travel the shanks. I then space the hammer in the piano to match the strings. The final step is spacing and/or traveling the wips under the knuckles. <br>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br>
Piano Tuner/Technician<br>
Honolulu, HI<br>
808-349-2943<br>
www.bleespiano.com<br>
Author of <br>
The Business of Piano Tuning<br>
available from Potter Press<br>
www.pianotuning.com</div>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu><br>
To: caut@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 6:24 am<br>
Subject: [CAUT] action stack protocol<br>
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<FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Hi all,</FONT> <br>
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<FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Y'all might remember my mentioning the rebuilding of an entire action stack on a Baldwin D (1956) with Renner action parts, Ronsen Wurzen hammers and those crazy conical front rail punchings!</FONT> <br>
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<FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I've partially rebuilt many actions...ie new hammers, shanks, flanges on some, new wippens on some, just some new let-off buttons and hammers on existing shanks, etc, but I've never gone down to bare frame and start from scratch.</FONT> <br>
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<FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Question: is there a proper protocol on which to install first, second, etc? My thinking is to install new let-off buttons first (in existing holes), then wips along with travelling, then shanks/travelling. Any problems with this order? Also, would it be more prudent to use the existing let-off button wires and leave them in the rail. The new ones came with the wires on, so I would have to unscrew them all possibly taking wood with it on removal. Removing the old wires from the rail might damage the holes in the rail, eh?</FONT> <br>
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<FONT face=sans-serif size=2>What say you, oh wise ones?</FONT> <br>
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<FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Paul</FONT> </div>
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