Reverse wippens for old chickering

[Farrell]

ARRRRGGHH! Ignore previous post. Just re-read your post. I see you are
looking for wippens rather than just the flanges. OOOOOoooooops! It was the
"I need to replace wippens in an old Chickering Grand." that tipped me off
on the re-read. Thank goodness I am sharp!  ;-)

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <RustRazor@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 1:07 PM
Subject: Reverse wippens for old chickering


> I need to replace wippens in an old Chickering Grand.  The wippens are of
the
> sort where the bushing for the wippen flange is in the wippen - not in the
> flange...kind of similar to the standard hammer flange assembly.  The
wippen
> flanges are the flat brass ones similar to the billings flanges.
>
> Anyone have a source for these things?...or suggestions about adapting a
> modern wippen to this situation?  Schaff and APSCO do not have these
> available.
>
> Thanks - Matt Wynne, Suffolk, NY chapter
>