[CAUT] action stack protocol

[Willem Blees]

Paul

After removing everything,?put on the lef off buttons first. It will be easier without the wips in the way. Attach the?wippens next and space them. Next?put on the shanks, and more or less space and travel them to get them close.?But I wait until I get the hammers to space and travel the shanks. I then space the hammer in the piano to?match the strings. The final step is?spacing and/or traveling the wips under the knuckles. ?


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
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The Business of Piano Tuning
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 6:24 am
Subject: [CAUT] action stack protocol



Hi all, 

Y'all might remember my mentioning the rebuilding of an entire action stack on a Baldwin D (1956) with Renner action parts, Ronsen Wurzen hammers and those crazy conical front rail punchings! 

I've partially rebuilt many actions...ie new hammers, shanks, flanges on some, new wippens on some, just some new let-off buttons and hammers on existing shanks, etc, but I've never gone down to bare frame and start from scratch. 

Question: ?is there a proper protocol on which to install first, second, etc? ?My thinking is to install new let-off buttons first (in existing holes), then wips along with travelling, then shanks/travelling. ?Any problems with this order? ?Also, would it be more prudent to use the existing let-off button wires and leave them in the rail. ?The new ones came with the wires on, so I would have to unscrew them all possibly taking wood with it on removal. Removing the old wires from the rail might damage the holes in the rail, eh? 

What say you, oh wise ones? 

Paul 
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