<!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 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Well, these are at least Renner-style wippens. Tokiwa makes copies of these. They = also have a wippen that looks almost identical that is described as fitting = old-style Kawais.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- <DIV>From: "DIANE HOFSTETTER" <<A href="mailto:dianepianotuner@msn.com">dianepianotuner@msn.com</A>></DIV> <DIV>To: <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></DIV> <DIV>Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 4:20 AM</DIV> <DIV>Subject: Re: Searching for NYC tech</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV>> Hi Sarah, > > I've been staring at identical = wippens for days now--they are made by > Renner.  The ones I have = been playing with are installed in a Baldwin SD-10 > concert = grand.  Pretty easy to regulate because you can adjust the > repetition = springs with a screw driver instead of having to reach in with a > tool = like the Hart spring tool, disengage the repetition spring, bend it the > appropriate amount, replace it in the groove and repeat the whole = process if > you didn't do it just the right amount. > >   = As my father used to say: "The Hofstetter law of wire bending: if the wire = > needs to be bent a little to the right, you bend it a little to the = right > and then it needs to be bent a little to the left." > = > These wippens make the job a lot easier, no bending, just easily = > controllable turning of the screw.  Sorry, don't know the NYC = tech. > > Glad to see you back! > > Diane > > = > > Diane Hofstetter > > > > > = > >From: "Sarah Fox" <<A = href="mailto:sarah@gendernet.org">sarah@gendernet.org</A>> > >Reply-To: Pianotech <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> > >To: "Pianotech" <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> > >Subject: Searching for NYC tech > >Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 = 23:58:42 -0500 > > > >Hi everyone, > > > >I'm = trying to reconstruct the history of my 1933 Wissner concert grand.  It = > >would have lived its entire life in New York City, and the owner = before > >last was an opera coach for the Metropolitan Opera.  I = *think* the piano > >probably belonged to the Met before that, but = they are unable to confirm -- > >no records.  I am hoping a tech = might remember it or have it in his/her > >records = somewhere. > > > >Does anybody know either of the New York City techs who = would have made > >these markings?  (See photo...) > = > > >http://www.wonderfulhome.info/wissner/wippen3.jpg > = > > >It appears that N.N. replaced the wippens in 1971, and Stovi / Stori = / > >Stoni would have probably done some general work (name = signed in pencil in > >various locations throughout piano). > = > > >Also, can anyone identify the manufacturer of this wippen for = me? > > > >I'd appreciate any leads.  Thanks! > = > > >Peace, > >Sarah > > _________________________________________________________________ >= Great deals on high-speed Internet access as low as $26.95.  > = <A href="https://broadband.msn.com">https://broadband.msn.com</A> (Prices may vary by service area.) > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list = info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A></BODY><= /HTML>