Hi David, the birds eye was probably chewed off. You could see the notch where the center pin rested in the birds eye, so the birds eye looked like a half circle. So I ordered a schwander wippen from schaff and the flange is totally different. Why? DiWas I suppoed to order one made for a Wood Bead Rail? I'm not sure what a wood bead rail is, a name for a rail or the fact that it's a wood rail verses a metal one. Anyway, I'm thinking also that just repinning with the original flange will save a headahce in the long run. thanks Dave Marcel and anyone else I missed for your input. I do appreciate it very much. Marshall I missed what was wrong with the old wippen? In any case if you can repin with the old flange, i.e. it fits, why not. If a grand you can always move the new part to the extremes of the piano...an upright depends on a spoon or lack of one... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician Marshall's Piano Service pianotune05 at hotmail.com 215-510-9400 Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind www.pianotuningschool.org Vancouver, WA _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted simpler, now it's simpler. I'm a rock star. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:112009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091129/6ae67e22/attachment.htm>
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