new flanges on old Steinway

dale r fox foxpiano@juno.com
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 21:10:24 -0800


Hi Robin,

	Why new flanges and not just new wippens?  Just curious!!

Dale Fox

On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 16:40:51 -0500 "Robin Blankenship"
<itune@new-quest.net> writes:
> Dear list,
> 
> Have any of you had to deal with putting new whippen flanges on an 
> old (1929) Steinway grand?? If so, what problems arose?? And how did 
> you resolve them?
> 
> Specifically, were there any geometry difficulties introduced as a 
> result? Was the keybed to string height different than on a modern 
> instrument? Were there problems getting the piano to regulate 
> correctly?
> 
> Thank you,
> Robin Blankenship
> Associate Member

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