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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Dale,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, we can get Renner, Tokiwa and Encore to
all work reliably well for Mason & Hamlins. My personal favorite is the
Encore part despite the occasional stripped drop and regulating screw. The WNG
is a new beast for us rebuilders. The profile is remarkably different. Only time
will tell whether this is the future of the piano or another folly. Logic is on
the side of finding alternatives to wood despite the ratio of many failed
attempts to a few successes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Jude Reveley, RPT<BR>Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC<BR>Lowell,
Massachusetts<BR>(978) 323-4545</DIV>
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<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> Sunday, October 12, 2008 7:38
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: New WNG carbon fiber action
parts</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV> Hey Jude<BR> What about the tokiwa
wippens?<BR> Dale<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_4e0f3224-a35e-4800-a3aa-be15a9662c72
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff">Jude, <BR> <BR>Main
problems are: 1) Wippen rail needs to be relieved to clear bottome of wippen,
otherwise the rail holds the wippen up off of the capstain. 2) The Wippen has
a cast-in boss for assist springs, which interferes with the hammer tail.
We'll have to cut off the spring boss. They suggested coving out the hammer a
little more, but we'd rather have reliable checking. 3) Let-off button
adjustment will be nearly bottomed out - we'll need to replace with longer
buttons. 4) Drop screws will be turned down so low they'll be buried - we'll
have to install thicker cushion on the rep lever. As to the suggestion to
check the action spread, can't increase it because of the spring boss - hammer
tail interference, and can't decrease it or the jack tender will be off the
edge of the let-off button. I'll try to find the photos. We've test regulated
samples of black WNG, new Renner, and the original WNG parts <BR>in all
possible combinations, and the black WNG wippens cause problems in any
combination, while the original WNG wippens work best and the Renner wippens
are acceptable. <BR> <BR>Mike <BR> <BR>Jude
Reveley/Absolute Piano wrote: <BR>> Hi
Mike, <BR>> <BR>> I've successfully installed the WNG parts on
my M&H A 29783 (1921). > What sort of issues are you having? Any
pictures? <BR>> <BR>> Jude Reveley, RPT <BR>> Absolute
Piano Restoration, LLC <BR>> Lowell, Massachusetts <BR>> (978)
323-4545 <BR>> <BR>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike
Spalding" > <<A
href="mailto:mike.spalding1@verizon.net">mike.spalding1@verizon.net</A>> <BR>>
To: "Pianotech" <<A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> <BR>> Sent:
Friday, October 10, 2008 9:32 PM <BR>> Subject: New WNG carbon fiber
action parts <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>>
List, <BR>>> <BR>>> Has anybody out there successfully
installed a set of the new black >> plastic WNG shanks and wips in an
older M&H action? We've obtained a >> set of these parts for a
1920's vintage A, and it appears we must >> make significant alterations
to the wippens, and to the wippen rail, >> in order to make these parts
work. Response from WNG hasn't solved >> any of the problems ("check the
action spread" - like the tech help >> guy whose first response to any
problem is to tell you to reboot your >> computer) Thought I'd check
with the larger community to see if our >> experience is unique, or if
anybody has some constructive advice... <BR>>> <BR>>>
thanks <BR>>> <BR>>>
Mike <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR></DIV><!-- end of AOLMsgPart_0_4e0f3224-a35e-4800-a3aa-be15a9662c72 -->
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