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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080416/07540225/attachment.html
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