[pianotech] Odd Wippen

Denise Rachel pp-ff at verizon.net
Mon Jan 25 15:41:51 MST 2010


Yes!  I have a customer wanting me to do a complete action overhaul on  
his piano with these funny parts.  I at first refused, but with his  
insistence, I am planning to replace all the parts.  I have ordered  
some samples that I believe will work if I modify the hammer rail.  In  
a week or so, I'll know exactly how to get this lively little piano  
playing again.

I have managed to get through many decades of work with a clear  
conscience, but the one time I tried to regulate and repair that type  
of action was a disaster, one from which my fragile soul has yet to  
recover.  Don't do it!!  You'll be sorry.  But . . if I am successful  
in the action modification, I will have 88 of these things available  
for you.

D


On Jan 25, 2010, at 3:24 PM, William Monroe wrote:

> Hello List,
>
> Does anyone happen to have anything like this.  Never seen one before,
> and I need about two dozen.  The top of the repetition lever (the
> little sliver above the jack return stop felt) has a propensity for
> breaking.  Surpise.  Opened up this action on the bench today to
> discover this problem.  Anyone???
>
> William R. Monroe
> <IMG_4346.JPG><IMG_4347.JPG><IMG_4348.JPG><IMG_4325.JPG>



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