[CAUT] Wippen alignment

[Avery Todd]

Thanks, Ric,

At 02:48 PM 1/14/2005, you wrote:
>Hi Avery...
>
>Without actually seeing your action I will venture this bit of thought. 
>There are three planes you can manipulate usually.  One is purely 
>left-right or the lateral position of the entire whippen assembly. This is 
>usually allowed for by the size of the flange screw hole compared to the 
>smaller diameter of the screw itself.  The second is the horizontal tilt, 
>adjusted by adding paper to one side of the flange or the other. The third 
>is the vertical tilt, adjusted by simply tilting the flange itself so that 
>it is other then perpendicular to the whippen rail.

These I'm aware of and have don. Wim's post mentioned the other think I 
needed, I believe.

>Some combination of these three needs to do the job.... or the indexing of 
>the action iteself is bonkers. Steinway flange or not.  Draw an imaginary 
>line from the letoff button through the capstan position, and adjust the 
>lateral and horizontal to pass through both (if possible).
>Then adjust the vertical to assure the jack top is centered under the 
>knuckle.  Either its possible or not Yes ??
>The most radical fudge job I ever saw is on a Petrof I tune from time to 
>time.  Here two sections of hammer flange holes were misalligned with the 
>rest of things so that not only did you have to fudge the whippen as much 
>as possible.. but the hammer shanks were off on this radical angle so the 
>hammers could actually meet the strings.  I think I will have to take a 
>couple digi-shots of this to share with you all next time I get the 
>chance.  Its really quite something.

Sounds interesting. :-)

>Reasons for differences between old and new ??  Flange condition is the 
>first thing that comes to my mind.

I think you misunderstood my question. The condition of the two wasn't what 
I was wondering about. It's the different positioning problems with the new 
when the old didn't have those problems. See my quote below. Thanks for the 
reply.

>RicB

Avery

>Avery Todd wrote:

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>>I even went back and checked the old wippens and they seemed to be 
>>centered fairly well without nearly as much traveling as I had to do.