<HTML>I'm trying to help a friend, who bought a piano he sho= uldn't have. The Beast: Chickering 123, 1911. A real mess. Needs everything = and more, and I don't see how we can do anything short of a complete rebuild= , which I don't think can be justified economically. We would like to get th= is action functioning for him. I have recommended that he keep the cost to t= he absolute minimum. It has brass hammer flanges, metal (horizontal) wippen flanges. Is anyone by= any chance junking one of these out, or has a barrel-o-wippens they would l= ike to sell? Almost half of the wippens have been replaced with ones that do= n't work, and the rest have had their spring adjustment screws removed. I do= n't know why. Even 35 used wippens (with flanges) would help, a set would be= better. Private replies ok. Thanks much. Bob Davis </HTML>