I've tried posting photos but the files are too large. I'm nearly computer illiterate, so I don't know how to make them smaller. I'll just have to go with the thousand words... Tom Sivak Chicago --- David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Jeez Tom, a photo and we don't have to guess... > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > > ----- Original message > ---------------------------------------- > From: "Tom Sivak" <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net> > To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> > Received: 2/6/2008 5:14:36 AM > Subject: Re: unusual wippens (Ludwig grand) > > > >No, that's not it, actually. On the Ludwig I saw > had > >a hammer rest rail instead of a pad on top of the > >wippen. The most shocking feature was this huge > >hammer return spring, mounted on top of the wippen, > >which pulled the hammer back into place. The > hammer > >shank also had a wooden post, about an inch long, > with > >a silk loop at the end, into which the huge hammer > >return spring was inserted. > > >Close, but no cigar. > > >Tom Sivak > > >--- John Delacour <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk> wrote: > > >> At 13:02 -0800 5/2/08, Tom Sivak wrote: > >> > >> >Holy cow. I have never seen an action like this > >> >before... > >> > >> You've got a lot of living to do! > >> > >> Was it something like this? If so it is just one > of > >> the less happy > >> developments of the English action. It works but > it > >> is > >> mis-conceived. There are far better designs > >> developed from the basic > >> English action, some of which perform better and > >> repeat faster than > >> the Erard-Herz action. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> JD > >> >
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