odd wippens

[Alan]

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You need to finish the last of your RPT exams so you will no longer be a =
PTG
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Just a thought <G>
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I have a friend who is a dentist, specializing in dentures. I helped him
make dentures and partials for a while and was intrigued with the =
process
which includes pouring hot collagen (seaweed stuff)  over the plaster =
casts
of the person's upper and lower gums, upon which plastic teeth are =
embedded
in wax that has been built up to the shape of the denture. (The stuff is =
not
hot enough to melt the wax so it wouldn't harm wood.) Anyway, that is =
cooled
and the plaster/teeth/wax removed, leaving a 3-dimensional mold that is
filled with pink stuff (acrylic resin, I believe) and the whole mess is =
put
under moderate heat and elevated atmospheric pressure (prevents bubbles) =
to
cure.
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I have wondered how well this process would duplicate parts like =
wippens.
I'm sure the stuff is strong enough to take the stresses of a wippen or
flange.
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If you can't find what you want anywhere else and want to be part of a =
great
experiment, strip a good wippen down to the bare wood, remove the jack
flange, leather, etc., and send it to me, we'll try it out!
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Alan R. Barnard
Salem, MO

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Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 8:13 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: odd wippens



In a message dated 3/14/05 8:01:34 PM, imatunr@srvinet.com writes:




If they are the same as the upright ones




It's not the flange that I need replaced.  It's the wippen itself.  This
wippen, which is broken in half, the front half missing, no jack, only =
the
back end and the rep lever, has a Billings flange.  None of the supply
houses have a wippen with a Billings flange.  Any ideas on where to get =
one?

I'm looking at it thinking I could probably splice the tail end of the =
old
wippen with the Billings flange attached onto the front half of a =
regular
wippen.  Maybe put a little dowel in horizontally to strengthen the =
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Thanks,
Tom Sivak
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