Kahane piano breakdown

[David Ilvedson]

It is lighter gauge wire...

David I.

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On 5/28/01 at 10:34 PM Farrell wrote:

>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

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