Steinway style rep lever springs

David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net
Tue, 27 Jun 2000 07:29:11 -0500


Brian:

The "Turbo" wippen has a wippen assist spring.  This is great for actions
that have too much lead in the keys to try to overcome leverage
deficiencies.  With the "Turbo" wippen you can remove much of the lead and
set the assist spring to improve touch weight.  

dave

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On 6/27/00 at 7:55 AM Brian Trout wrote:

>Jim & Avery,
>
>Sorry, I've made a mistake.  I'll tell you what I saw...
>
>I used to do quite a bit of ordering from the Apsco catalog.  I was
looking
>for a set of wippens a while back and happened upon a listing for Renner
>wippens for Steinway, and then the next listing was Renner wippens for
>Steinway with adjusting screws.  But upon looking in the price list, all I
>found was that heartbreaking word, "discontinued".
>
>Evidently, I made the mistake of believing that since Apsco discontinued
it,
>that it was no longer available.  But now that I found a Renner price
sheet,
>the Steinway wippens with the fine adjustment screw are listed!  (I also
now
>see an item called "Steinway Turbo".  I can't wait to find out what that
one
>is!
>
>Anyway, sorry for the misinformation.  I  stand corrected.  :-)
>
>Brian Trout
>Quarryville, PA
>btrout@desupernet.net




David M. Porritt
dporritt@swbell.net
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275



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