Pianogreig@AOL.COM wrote: > > Hasn't anyone else come across the gummy plastic broken elbows which can't be > cut out of the wippen slot? I've found some in nearly all jobs I've done & > still remember my first encounter with same. For those, I've discovered that by un-hooking the bridle strap (allowing the wippen to drop - or is that redundant in a spinet) you can use your center pin tool to push the center pin out one side of the wippen, allowing easy removal of the "gummy bears" - you still have to be careful of thin wood though. And watch out for those with plastic wippen flanges - yikes! There are some things you don't want to get too good at . . . Rodney Pritchett Marietta, GA
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