<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3243" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Would that not be the wippen part of a lost motion compensator? When the hammer rail is raised for soft play, there would be lost motion between the rep lever/jack and the knuckle. There must be a rail that lifts the little let-off-looking button on your little unit, thus effectively increasing the height of the wippen heel. With your unit adjusted properly, your hammer line could still sit properly just above the hammer rail and with no lost motion.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Basically, when you shorten the blow distance when you push the soft pedal, the hammer line raises, the hammer rail follows, the wippen heel height increases and the key capstan stays in the original place.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial> Or maybe it's a cosmic strenulator.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Or not.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'm just guessing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=paulrevenkojones@aol.com href="mailto:paulrevenkojones@aol.com">paulrevenkojones@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 02, 2008 7:22 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Can you figure out what this does?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Below, and attached, is a picture of a whippen from a Chickering Bros (ugh) grand. It's the kind with a soft pedal mechanism that raises the hammer rest rail closer to the strings to reduce blow distance.<BR><BR>Familiar to anyone?<BR><BR></FONT> <DIV class=envelope style="FLOAT: none" align=left><A style="DISPLAY: block; WIDTH: 285px; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=7370W1-Gle93mhu4bKy8IxrNRBqO-0xPKLGEv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D"><IMG class=AOLInlineImage id=AOLP999288 title="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: rgb(0,102,204) 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: rgb(0,102,204) 1px solid; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 5px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(0,102,204) 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px solid" height=206 src="http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic?id=7370W1-Gle93mhu4bKy8IxrNRBqO-0xPKLGEv4xQp5Fd3Ig=&size=m" width=275> <DIV class=AOLPicturesFullSizeLink style="MARGIN-TOP: -6px; FONT-SIZE: 11px; TEXT-ALIGN: right">View full size</DIV></A><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><BR><BR>Paul<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><BR></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> More new features than ever. Check out the new <A href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003" target=_blank>AOL Mail</A>!<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>