<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=windows-1250"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=079401502-15032005><FONT face=Arial>You need to = finish the last of your RPT exams so you will no longer be a PTG Ass = </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=079401502-15032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=079401502-15032005><FONT face=Arial>Just a thought <G></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=079401502-15032005><FONT face=Arial>I have a friend = who is a dentist, specializing in dentures. I helped him make dentures and = partials for a while and was intrigued with the process which includes pouring hot collagen (seaweed stuff)  over the plaster casts of the = person's upper and lower gums, upon which plastic teeth are embedded in wax that = has been built up to the shape of the denture. (The stuff is not hot enough to = melt the wax so it wouldn't harm wood.) Anyway, that is cooled and the = plaster/teeth/wax removed, leaving a 3-dimensional mold that is filled with pink = stuff (acrylic resin, I believe) and the whole mess is put under moderate heat = and elevated atmospheric pressure (prevents bubbles) to = cure.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=079401502-15032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=079401502-15032005><FONT face=Arial>I have wondered = how well this process would duplicate parts like wippens. I'm sure the stuff = is strong enough to take the stresses of a wippen or = flange.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=079401502-15032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=079401502-15032005><FONT face=Arial>If you can't = find what you want anywhere else and want to be part of a great experiment, strip a = good wippen down to the bare wood, remove the jack flange, leather, = etc., and send it to me, we'll try it out!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=079401502-15032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On = Behalf Of </B>Tvak@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 14, 2005 8:13 = PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: odd = wippens<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>In a message dated 3/14/05 8:01:34 PM, imatunr@srvinet.com = writes:<BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" cite="" TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT face=Geneva size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF">If they are the same as the upright ones<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT = face=Geneva size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR>It's not the flange that I need replaced.  It's the wippen itself.  This wippen, which is = broken in half, the front half missing, no jack, only the back end and the rep = lever, has a Billings flange.  None of the supply houses have a wippen = with a Billings flange.  Any ideas on where to get one?<BR><BR>I'm = looking at it thinking I could probably splice the tail end of the old wippen with = the Billings flange attached onto the front half of a regular = wippen.  Maybe put a little dowel in horizontally to strengthen the joint.  <BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Tom Sivak<BR>C.C.,P.T.G.Ass.</FONT><FONT = face=Geneva size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT> <BR> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR>No virus found in this incoming = message.<BR>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR>Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - = Release Date: 03/09/2005<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>--<BR> No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - Release Date: = 03/09/2005<BR> </FONT> </P>