[pianotech] Brambach Action - was Odd wippen

William Truitt surfdog at metrocast.net
Mon Jan 25 16:11:52 MST 2010


I was thinking Brambach too.   I regulated one about a dozen or so years
ago.  Could this be a candidate for the WNG composite modular whippens if
need be?

 

Will Truitt

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Joseph Garrett
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 5:57 PM
To: pianotech
Subject: [pianotech] Brambach Action - was Odd wippen

 

William said: " 

Don't really know. The action came out of a piano in an attempt to

"make it work" again. A previous technician enjoyed "re-whatevering"

the thing to death. The person managed to install a new pinblock

without coving the front edge, so the fallboard can't open/close.

Well, OK, it can, but you have to unscrew the cheek blocks and remove

the fallboard to perform said action. I managed to remove enough

material to get THAT working again. And yes, it appears the previous

person really had fun hanging new hammers. Maybe he did it in situ.

That would explain the glue globs on top of all the key end felts.

 

There were no names/serial numbers anywhere on the piano that I could

find. Nothing on the plate, soundboard, fallboard, action, etc.

Here's a couple other photos of the action, too.

 

 

Any other regulatory suggestions welcomed. Thanks for the help so far...."

 

William,

Definately a Brambach! (It may have had a different name on the name board,
but was made by Brambach). Bolster the "knuckles" with key bushing cloth, as
the leather needs to be taunt and slightly rounded. Align the jacks as I
previously mentioned. The rest is pretty much standard regulation practices.
Approx. 3/8" dip was on the original action. However, with the basic "can of
worms" you are dealing with, ....lotsaluck....whatever works will suffice.
These actions can be quite nice when they are set up correctly. As I said, I
own one. A 5'1" POS/PSO, that has it's own Anvil Case.<G> I have rented it
out for lots of Community type Concerts In The Park thingees. Most pianists
were pleasantly surprised at my little PSO.<G> It's painted White, since the
original case/furniture was pretty trashed by the R&R Band that toted it all
over the country.<G> (Long Story)

Still has it's original plain wire scale and "painted gold soundboard".<G>
Bass strings were replaced, but didn't help much as the backscale is real
short. Good luck on the repairs, it is possible to make it a viable
piano.<G>

Regards,

Joe 

 

 

Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)

Captain, Tool Police

Squares R I

 

 

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