new flanges on old Steinway

Robin Blankenship itune@new-quest.net
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 00:54:44 -0500


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
>
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