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<DIV><FONT size=2>That's different!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> July 23, 2001 2:59 =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wippen/Hammer =
Shank
Click</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
7/23/01 4:55:18 PM Central Daylight Time, <BR><A
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et</A>
writes: <BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">I missed the beginning of this thread but you can always =
take a
dremel and <BR>take off a bit of the inside of the tail, if you've =
left
enough wood in the <BR>tailing process. You don't need much to =
give
clearence so that the tails <BR>don't click on the whippen flange.
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size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">David Love</FONT><FONT lang=0 =
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>David
<BR><BR>It's not hammer tail hitting the wippen flange. What Terry is =
talking
about <BR>is an Aeolian type wippen, that has a small metal bracket =
that goes
over the <BR>top of the balancier of the wippen. It is there to =
prevent the
top of the <BR>balancier to raise too much. (I don't understand why, =
or how it
does that, <BR>but this is supposedly why it is there.) <BR><BR>Wim
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