<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType name="PostalCode" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagT= ype> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=blue link=blue bgColor=white> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I love this solution.  I can't = understand why it didn't occur to me (perhaps it had something to do with the close and = unblinking scrutiny of the madam of the house).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The absurdity of spending that much = effort on a piano of that quality sort of appealed to me in an existential kind of = way (besides, I grew up with a Lester spinet...suppose that explains a few things).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>:-(  JeffO</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=okeyes@uidaho.edu href="mailto:okeyes@uidaho.edu">Otto = Keyes</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 14, 2005 = 2:24 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Replacing = plastic flange on spinet wippen</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you drill a large hole in the = soundboard you can usually reach the wippen flange screw with a long, narrow = screwdriver through the strings from the back side.  It has little effect on = the sound quality of a Lester spinet.  In fact, if you're worried = about degrading the overall tonal spectrum of such beasts and wish to bring = them back up to par, but have been hindered from doing so because of a lack = of suitable standard, just head out into some farmer's field, tape = recorder & shovel in hand.  Set up recorder where the herd has tarried for = some time, grasp shovel firmly and whack a few cow pies.  After = eluding the bull in the pasture, return to said PSO, play back recording and voice = accordingly.  Use residue on shovel to patch afore-mentioned hole = in soundboard.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jlolson@cal.net href="mailto:jlolson@cal.net">Jeff = Olson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 14, = 2005 5:30 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Replacing = plastic flange on spinet wippen</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I encountered an "interesting" (as = in Chinese curse) repair the other day -- replacing a shattered plastic wippen = on a Lester "plasticized" spinet.  Didn't want to remove the action, = since that promised to shatter more of those wonderful plastic flanges, = plus be ridiculously time-consuming (I'd ask how much you all would charge = to remove a spinet action and repair this one flange -- along with the others = that would likely break -- but I wouldn't want to risk offending the = antitrust gods yet again:-).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyhow, to make a long story short, = though no less painful, I finally managed to replace the **($$#@! = flange.  I won't describe my methods; rather, I'm hoping to hear from anyone = here what techniques, magical or scientific or otherwise, they might employ = toward this end.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff O</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>