This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment It can be done, but is no fun. Bill Peterson ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Farrell=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 4:31 PM Subject: Ibach Capstan I saw an interesting capstan arrangement on a 1905 Ibach concert grand = the other day. I wish I had my digital camera with me...... The key has a stick protruding from the top at the capstan location = that is connected to the key with an action center (pin, bushings, etc). = The stick is just a half-inch or so long. A capstan with threaded rod = protruding from both the bottom and top are screwed into the stick on = the bottom and the wippen heel on the top. If you turn the capstan = clockwise, it screws into both the wippen heel and the stick, thus = bringing the heel closer to the key - turn it counterclockwise and the = opposite happens.=20 Looks like a really neat system where you would get no friction loss = at the capstan/wippen heel interface. I wonder how much fun it is to = remove the stack? Anyone see this configuration before? Comments? Terry Farrell ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/47/3d/05/12/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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