Baldwin Wippen

[Farrell]

Yes I do. There is a wippen that works perfectly.........except for the rep lever height adjustment screw. It is tall and the hammer shank rests about 1/2 mm above it at rest. When you release the key, the hammer shank bashes into the screw top. Major nasty click. There is another one in the Renner kit where the jack rests against a piece of cloth mounted on a big wooden upright stick, rather than a spoon. The stick also has a screw in the top of it for the rep lever height adjustment. This wippen also works quite well, except it has the little cut in the rep lever top where the knuckle contacts the rep lever. It really makes for a lot of friction I think because the knuckle is digging right into that cut/slit. Just thinking here that if I can get an exact duplicate of the originals, I might be better off. The geometry is good on the originals.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David M. Porritt" <dm.porritt@verizon.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: Baldwin Wippen


> Terry:
> 
> Can't you use something from Renner?  Do you have their sample kit?  
> 
> dave
> 
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> On 1/13/2003 at 3:35 PM Farrell wrote:
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> >I need to buy a set a Baldwin grand wippens. If Baldwin is the best
> place
> >to go - where is it I go now-a-days. I've tried calling Gibson
> customer
> >support a bunch of times, but have not gotten anywhere. If not,
> where
> >else? Web address? Telephone number?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Terry Farrell
> >  
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