Searching for NYC tech

[Sarah Fox]

Hi Diane,

Thanks!  Renner it is! :-)

Very nice wippens.  Thirty years of hard service, and they're still in
pretty good condition.  Their only problem is that a few of the jacks are
off center and dragging lightly on the rep lever.

I am now told that the "N.N. '71" would be the marking of a Renner
technician at the factory -- unrelated to any tech in NYC.  The tech in NYC
would still be "Stori" (? -- not perfectly legible).  This signature is
scribbled throughout the piano, including on several keysticks.  I had
assumed the "Sto" stamp on the A0 wippin was his/hers.  Perhaps it stands
for some word in German.  Obviously the other stamp ("Hg") is shorthand for
(rep spring) "pressure" -- in a round about sort of way.  (If it stands for
mercury, I've got a problem!)

I continue to enjoy using your earplugs.  They're easy to wear and take the
edge off of my noise exposure!

Peace,
Sarah




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DIANE HOFSTETTER" <dianepianotuner@msn.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 4:20 AM
Subject: Re: Searching for NYC tech


> Hi Sarah,
>
> I've been staring at identical wippens for days now--they are made by
> Renner.  The ones I have been playing with are installed in a Baldwin
SD-10
> concert grand.  Pretty easy to regulate because you can adjust the
> repetition springs with a screw driver instead of having to reach in with
a
> tool like the Hart spring tool, disengage the repetition spring, bend it
the
> appropriate amount, replace it in the groove and repeat the whole process
if
> you didn't do it just the right amount.
>
>   As my father used to say: "The Hofstetter law of wire bending: if the
wire
> needs to be bent a little to the right, you bend it a little to the right
> and then it needs to be bent a little to the left."
>
> These wippens make the job a lot easier, no bending, just easily
> controllable turning of the screw.  Sorry, don't know the NYC tech.
>
> Glad to see you back!
>
> Diane
>
>
>
> Diane Hofstetter
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Sarah Fox" <sarah@gendernet.org>
> >Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Subject: Searching for NYC tech
> >Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 23:58:42 -0500
> >
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >I'm trying to reconstruct the history of my 1933 Wissner concert grand.
It
> >would have lived its entire life in New York City, and the owner before
> >last was an opera coach for the Metropolitan Opera.  I *think* the piano
> >probably belonged to the Met before that, but they are unable to
confirm -- 
> >no records.  I am hoping a tech might remember it or have it in his/her
> >records somewhere.
> >
> >Does anybody know either of the New York City techs who would have made
> >these markings?  (See photo...)
> >
> >http://www.wonderfulhome.info/wissner/wippen3.jpg
> >
> >It appears that N.N. replaced the wippens in 1971, and Stovi / Stori /
> >Stoni would have probably done some general work (name signed in pencil
in
> >various locations throughout piano).
> >
> >Also, can anyone identify the manufacturer of this wippen for me?
> >
> >I'd appreciate any leads.  Thanks!
> >
> >Peace,
> >Sarah
>
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