<!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 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry, I don't have any wippens for = you, but I do have curiosity. What is wrong with only a dozen wippens that replacement = would make a 65-year-old spinet functional? Is there sentimental value to the = piano? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm always curious why it is that = old pianos have such a difficult time dying. I do this also - I'm currently = band-aiding together a 90-year-old microgrand action for a piano that I spent a good = 20 minutes trying to convince the lady to have hauled to the landfill....... (I'm talkin' gluing the keyframe back together - = it's totally trashed)  :-(     Tomorrow I'll be = doing an elbow replacement job for another piano that I recommended for the landfill. Although Sunday was pleasant - I pre-purchace-inspected a = 35-year-old Aeolian spinet that totally crapped-out and recommended that = it was not even worth taking for free - and they passed on it!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Yeaaaaa!!!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>I'm looking for a few good wippens.  = Acrosonic spinet from the 40s, needs about a dozen wippens replaced.  This = piano has those wooden 'lifters' that fit through a rail above the = keys.  <BR><BR>Anybody got any I could purchase?<BR><BR>Thanks in = advance,<BR><BR>Tom Sivak</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>