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<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face="Times New Roman">I have replaced the =
wippens made
of space age material (plastic) plus new shanks and hammers in this =
Tokai grand.
The piano has an immense amount of lead in the keys and I can't get any =
kind of
decent touch weight - very low upweight. I figure I should remove =
the
leads and start from scratch.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face="Times New Roman">I carefully matched =
the Renner
style wippens and the knuckle placement on the shanks. The new =
wippen
heels are about 3/16" smaller than the original therefore I've had =
to raise
the capstans which I've polished and applied Prolube.</FONT></DIV>
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Del</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original =
Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B>Vince Mrykalo <<A
href="mailto:Vince@byu.edu">Vince@byu.edu</A>><BR><B>To: </B><A =
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> <<A
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Date: =
</B>Saturday,
June 05, 1999 9:59 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: Key Lead
removal<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>Do tell, why are you removing all the =
leads from
the entire set of keys?<BR><BR>At 02:46 PM 6/5/99 -0400, you wrote:
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite type = cite>Does anyone have a quick and =
efficient
method of removing key leads from an entire set of =
keys?</FONT><BR><FONT
color=#000000><BR><BR></FONT><FONT color=#800000
face="Times New Roman, Times">Del Gittinger, RPT<BR>Del's =
Music
Studio<BR>Marion, OH<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Electronic =
Instrument repairs including organs<BR><FONT color=#800000><A
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href="mailto:delgit@acc-net.com">delgit@acc-net.com</A></FONT><BR></BLO=
CKQUOTE><BR><BR><B>Vince<BR></B><I><<A
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autourl>mailto:vince@byu.edu</A>><BR><BR></I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BOD=
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