Dale, Someone before me had replaced the whippens; but, left the old flanges on!! Curious indeed!! Robin ----- Original Message ----- From: dale r fox <foxpiano@juno.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 12:10 AM Subject: Re: new flanges on old Steinway >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 > >________________________________________________________________ >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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