looking for a toooooner

[Farrell]

"The snap-on Vagias elbows are a piece of cake. ...squeeze the remains in the wippen with pliers to crush it into bits..."

Yeah, well, when you get around to squeezing the remains and snap off the side of your first Betsy Ross spinet wippen...... Well, let's just say "piece of cake" are not the first words that will likely rush to your head!

Seriously though, be careful. It is easy to do an elbow job, but it is also easy to break one of those wippens. The biggest risk is when the old plastic elbow is still a bit rubbery and doesn't crunch out - so you end up struggling with it a bit and... and... and then "CRACK!"

If you are in someone else's home, try to keep those first thoughts to yourself.  :-)

Terry Farrell
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: paul bruesch 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 5:56 PM
  Subject: Re: looking for a toooooner


  Giovanni,

  Funny you'd send this today... I just replaced my first spinet elbow this afternoon. The snap-on Vagias elbows are a piece of cake. Just unscrew the old one from the lifter rod and screw on the new one, squeeze the remains in the wippen with pliers to crush it into bits, then snap the new one in. Thirty cents for parts and about one minute for labor. 

  Paul


  On 4/23/07, Giovanni Voltaggio <gvpiano at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
    I've never done an elbow.


    Giovanni




    On Apr 23, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Steve Blasyak wrote:




      Hey Now,

      Well I tried this once before and all worked out well. I have a local client whose mother lives in Palm Desert. Does anyone on the list tune/travel to Palm Desert on occasion? 

       Warning this is a spinet that has not been tuned in several years. I looked in the Directory and could not find any members listed in the area.

      Thanks.

      Steve Blasyak
      Orange County Ca.

      Pura Vida


      Steve Blasyak
      atuneforyou at earthlink.net
      EarthLink Revolves Around You.






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