Whippen cords

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 9/24/00 3:23:23 PM Central Daylight Time, kjones@well.com 
writes:

<< List,
 I need to replace a few of the threads that attach to the whippen springs
 on an old English grand. Does anyone have an opinion on what kind of thread
 or string is most appropriate? The supply houses sell silk cord, is this
 better than regular thread or string or nylon line? Is CA glue good to glue
 them on, or is hide glue better? Thanks, as always for your opinions.
 Keith Jones Piano Tuning
 kjones@well.com >>


This is not one of those super critical repairs. You can use ordinary thread, 
although silk will probably last a little longer. I wouldn't use nylon. And 
you can use CA glue, or wood glue, if you don't have hide glue ready to go. 

By the way, the contraption to which you are referring is called a wippen, 
not a whippen. There is not such thing as a whippen, although youngsters used 
to get a whipp'n when they misbehaved. (But then in my dictionary, there is 
no such thing as a wippen, either.) 

Willem