[pianotech] Wurlitzer spinet ugh

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Sun Feb 21 09:25:05 MST 2010


Tom Driscoll wrote:
> Jer,
>  I think so.
>  The whips don't move as they are screwed to the main action rail which 
> does not move. The sticker cushions(nomenmclature ?) get lower in 
> relationship to the capstans. Damper timing is changed but would also 
> change when you raise the capstans. Same deal as I see it.
>  Best ,

The thing that you are changing is the angle at which the 
capstan contacts the sticker, for whatever that's worth in the 
complex and delicate world of spinet touch.
Ron N


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