Wurlitzer Console Woes

John Formsma formsma at gmail.com
Wed Apr 16 20:23:35 MDT 2008


On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com>
wrote:

>  Some of those Wurlitzers can be very problematic with sluggish actions.
> They just seem overly susceptible to the slightest imbalance of friction.
> I've found that often the problem is the whippen center.
>

Ditto.  You have to check all the centers.  But the wippens are certainly
troublesome.  It's $$$.00 if you can sell the job.


> Speaking of Wurly's, I've noticed a certain era of them that seem to
> develop loose pins.  They have exposed pin blocks on the top which show an
> apparently good quality multi-lam block. <snip>. While they are still
> holding they aren't as tight as I'd like them to be. I'm wondering if the
> blocks were made of some inferior wood to only make it look like a good
> block.
>

That'd be my guess.  I've noticed the same thing.

-- 
JF
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