Zimmerman flanges

[Avery Todd]

Ron,

   I can't help with the Zimmerman but I "think" Kawai is now using some
form of "plastic" flanges in their actions. Maybe the wippens, too. I
wonder if it could be the same type? Any knowledge of that?
   Just curious.

Avery

>I ran into a Zimmerman studio upright with plastic flanges.  The
>pinning is so tight that is now ceases to work.  I have repinned a few
>over the past several years.  Now the problem is with most all the
>flanges.  The action says  Pianic  on it and is a Schwander type
>action.  My question is whether anyone knows if this is a problem
>with the plastic material growing like some of the old plastics did.
>This is a 10 year old piano so the plastic is a modern type.  It looks
>like the Kimball Schwander parts will fit and my inclination is to
>replace the plastic with wood.  The butts have a butt plate so
>repinning would be extremely easy in that you can put a smaller
>center pin in.
>
>Replacing the parts wouldn't take much more time than repinning.
>Do any of you have experience with these actions?
>
>Ron
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Ron Berry, RPT, Indianapolis, IN
>ronberry@iquest.net
>Check out the Piano Page at:
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