David Love wrote: Subject: Re: Rocker Capstans, was: Steiff Upright > That was an old Bechstein I was working on. One advantage I can think of is > that with the wippen connected to the key, you get no separation between the > capstan and wippen heal upon return. That should have some advantage in > fast repetition. There will be less friction because there is no sliding > between the contact points. It is a bit of a pain to take the stack off > though. > > David Love > >Tell me about it....I'm doing an old Bechstein grand as we speak. Tom Servinsky,RPT > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: May 23, 2002 6:05 AM > Subject: Rocker Capstans, was: Steiff Upright > > > > There was a recent thread where someone proposed replacing a set of old > rocker capstans with modern, and there were a number of replies that > suggested there were some advantages to the rocker capstan setup. Perhaps > lower friction was one advantage? What, if any, were the other advantages to > the rocker design? > > > > Terry Farrell > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net> > > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:55 PM > > Subject: Steiff Upright > > > > > > > The ones that I have seen were definately substantial instruments. Go > for > > > it. > > > The "piece of wood on top of the keys" is called a Rocker Capstan. <G> > If it > > > is possible, I usually convert them to regular capstans. Some designs > make > > > this impossible, so you decide there. > > > Best Regards, > > > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) > > > > > > > > >
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