Tokiwa wippens

[Erwinspiano at aol.com]

Hi all
  As a public service announcement  I'm Reporting  back on the Steinway  
Hamburg copy Tokiwa  wippens. 
  As you may know I tend to support the folks in our  industry with my 
comments of support when they deserve it & the Tokiwa guys  are working hard to give 
us parts we can use. Yes, they had  earned bad rap  over the funky pinning 
issues in the past but I am confident this is all in  the past ,since they now 
employ the Yamaha Method of materials & techniques.  Including the Main Yamaha 
pinning guru.  Cool huh?
   I'm kind hard to please but this new wippen is a  fine piece of 
engineering.  The pinning is very even & nice.  I  installed these on a Steinway B 
currently in for an action. Traveling was  minimal &  unlike some recents sets of 
German wippens, the regulating  screws were nice & tight. 
   This is an exact copy of the Renner wippen the  N.Y. Steinway factory 
sells,  Only for less money.  
  It has a butterfly  spring, & easy to adjust.  Nice Aye?  I'm not a fan of 
the screw type rep-spring adjuster  device.  It's a pain to adjust initially.
     IThe new part has one piece body &  can come with or without angled 
wippen heel.
 Although built for a 17 mm Knuckle & shank it would  be no problem to use it 
with a 16 mm Or 16.5 mm. Nicely Machined & each one  numbered on rep lever.  
IAs  hold these side by side with the German  wippen...... other then the 
Number they are indistinguishable from the German  part.
  Enjoy
   Dale Erwin  

Dale Erwin--Piano Restorations
4721  Parker rd
Modesto, Ca. 95357
Shop 209-577-8397
cell  209-985-0990
Web site _http://www.Erwinspiano.com_ (http://www.erwinspiano.com/)  
Restoration & Sales of
Steinway & Sons & other  fine pianos.
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