This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I love this solution. I can't understand why it didn't occur to me = (perhaps it had something to do with the close and unblinking scrutiny = of the madam of the house). The absurdity of spending that much effort on a piano of that quality = sort of appealed to me in an existential kind of way (besides, I grew up = with a Lester spinet...suppose that explains a few things). :-( JeffO ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Otto Keyes=20 To: College and University Technicians=20 Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Replacing plastic flange on spinet wippen If you drill a large hole in the soundboard you can usually reach the = wippen flange screw with a long, narrow screwdriver through the strings = from the back side. It has little effect on the sound quality of a = Lester spinet. In fact, if you're worried about degrading the overall = tonal spectrum of such beasts and wish to bring them back up to par, but = have been hindered from doing so because of a lack of suitable standard, = just head out into some farmer's field, tape recorder & shovel in hand. = Set up recorder where the herd has tarried for some time, grasp shovel = firmly and whack a few cow pies. After eluding the bull in the pasture, = return to said PSO, play back recording and voice accordingly. Use = residue on shovel to patch afore-mentioned hole in soundboard. Otto ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jeff Olson=20 To: College and University Technicians=20 Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 5:30 PM Subject: [CAUT] Replacing plastic flange on spinet wippen I encountered an "interesting" (as in Chinese curse) repair the = other day -- replacing a shattered plastic wippen on a Lester = "plasticized" spinet. Didn't want to remove the action, since that = promised to shatter more of those wonderful plastic flanges, plus be = ridiculously time-consuming (I'd ask how much you all would charge to = remove a spinet action and repair this one flange -- along with the = others that would likely break -- but I wouldn't want to risk offending = the antitrust gods yet again:-). Anyhow, to make a long story short, though no less painful, I = finally managed to replace the **($$#@! flange. I won't describe my = methods; rather, I'm hoping to hear from anyone here what techniques, = magical or scientific or otherwise, they might employ toward this end. Best, Jeff O ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/95/fa/96/18/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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