threads in wippens

[Willem Blees]

You?can take the time to replace them all, or just pull up on each one of them. You'll discover which ones were ready to go. 


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Jean and David Weiss <djweiss at ntelos.net>
To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Fri, 2 May 2008 12:51 pm
Subject: threads in wippens



List,

I'm working on a 1930's Harrington baby grand.  It has the type of wippen
where the springs are held in place by a thread.  About 10 of these threads
are broken.  No big deal to fix them, but I'm wondering what to expect in
the future.  How long can these threads last?  Should I go ahead and replace
them all, or just fix the 10 already broken and move on?  Is it like the old
plastic elbows, where once a few start breaking you know they're all going
to break?

Thanks,

David Weiss



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