Kahane piano breakdown

[Farrell]

I have done this repair a number of times - always on older Steinways. I
guess that is part of my justification for using CA - its an older action
and, hopefully, the piano will not have that set of wippens for ever. I also
remove the wippen from its rail - so quick on a Steinway - so as to not risk
getting any on keys, etc. Then applying the glue to the removed tender, and
using medium viscosity, pretty well eliminates the risk of getting the nasty
glue anywhere you don't want it to go. But you are correct in pointing out
that there would always be a risk.

Is it not true that the rep spring on C88 is not only adjusted lighter to
accomodate the lighter hammer than in the middle of the keyboard, but also
the spring wire itself is a heavier guage - or something about the
construction of the spring is different - such that simply exchanging
wippens and adjusting spring tension would not be ideal?

----- Original Message -----
From: <Wimblees@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: Kahane piano breakdown


> In a message dated 5/28/01 4:45:02 PM Central Daylight Time,
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:
>
> << Pull tender off jack, place drop of medium viscosity CA glue on tender
tip,
>  insert and be sure glue is spread around, then a quick shot of kicker -
be
>  sure glue does not migrate to birdseye or elsewhere. >>
>
> This is the reason I would hesitate to use the CA glue. Yes, it is a good
> quick fix, but if you make a mistake, and under the circumstances, it
would
> be very easy to get nervous and make a mistake, you could render the
wippen
> useless, and then you would have to switch wippens any way.
>
> Willem