Gluing wippen

[Richard Brekne]

Glue as usual... then add a piece of veneer on the outside to make stronger.
Punch or drill out the bushing hole, rebush and pin. Works great lasts a long
long time.

Kristinn Leifsson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I´m trying to fix a broken wippen from a Wagner upright.
> The problem is that there is no jack flange, but the center pin goes
> through a hole in the wippen "proper", so I hesitate to find a replacement
> instead of fixing it, since this is not very common in pianos around here.
> It´s been glued before, but it broke again.  However I don´t think it was
> glued well enough so I´d like to try it myself (the pieces fit pretty well
> together)
>
> Kristinn

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no