<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> That should work. I had to do similar splicing of wippens when I found myself rebuilding a Kranich & Bach grand some years back (the owner had spent a couple thousand shipping it to my shop). The K & B wippen beams are 1/4" shorter than every other grand piano in the world, but it was pretty simple to do a little surgery on new wips and epoxy the beams back together. Tom Cole <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Tvak@aol.com">Tvak@aol.com</a> wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid2b.6eee1b36.2f683c20@aol.com"> In a message dated 3/15/05 12:33:31 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</a> writes: <blockquote cite="" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px;" type="CITE">Try posting a picture so I can see what a good one looks like. </blockquote> No digital camera, alas.  I'm going to try splicing the front end of a new wippen onto the old rear end.  Never did anything like this before, but like alot of pian-related skills, it ain't  brain surgery. Thanks to all for the various leads.  Joe, if I fail at this attempt, you may still hear from me! Tom Sivak</blockquote> </body> </html>