I'm curious how some of our rebuilder brethren would suggest this be done, and with what cord or string. Not a difficult process, once you've done it a few hundred times! So, try pushing the old plug out, before drilling it out run the cord (doubled over) through the opening, loop the end over the spring and spring level can be easily adjusted and held as you push the plug or toothpick back in to hold it where you want it. I use a razor-blade or Xacto-blade to trim the excess cord and plug from the bottom. I rarely find a need to add a dab of glue, and try hard not to.as I'd like the next technician to be able to just push that plug out, too! You'll quickly learn just what part of the 'barrel' of the toothpick you need. I have a tiny Phillips screwdriver that works well at just pushing the old cord and plug, from the top and down, to clear the opening for a new cord a clipped centerpin also works in the field. When I do have to replace the 'plug', I also use fat-round toothpicks, as Wim, but I clip the pointy end off BEFORE inserting it into the space, and then I don't have to worry about it later. Wim's repair is appropriate, but I would add that the old 'plug' holding the original cord in place will often just push right out, and can be re-used with the new cord. If the cord will last another 70 years.why not? Also the right cord for flange repair (hammer-spring/Schwander). 33 in Action Hardware Silk Action Cloth in green or white. Pianotek has the 'proper' replacement cord for the whippen-spring. Now that one cloth has broken, be ready to replace more in the coming year. Put the wippen back on the rail, and regulate it, especially the repetition kick. (If a small amount of toothpick sticks up through the top of the bottom wippen arm, you can leave it alone, or carefully cut it off. possibly including new hammers, new shanks, new whippens, and new dampers. With the toothpick secured, cut off the rest of the toothpick and the cloth flush with the bottom of the wippen. Most piano repairs are minor, such as removing a pencil dropped inside the. For additional security, you can add a drop of glue. Now stick a toothpick in the hole through which you put the string, and jam it in there. Attach the spring, and pull the cloth tight so that the spring is about even with the top of the balancier. Take a piece of new cloth, fishing line works great for this, double it up, and bring it up through the hole from the bottom of the wippen all the way until the lopped end sticks through the slot in the balancier. Using a 1/16" drill, remove the "plug" that held the old cloth. There’s a chance of pushing the felt bushing out, but I’ve never had that happen with a vintage piano (1960) because typically the felt is a poorer quality If the jack was unglued, I would have just added a little wood glue, pressed the pieces together, waited a few minutes and reassembled the whippen.A typical Aeolian wippen with the cloth cord. the work required for technicians to remove the whippen assembly. Then I could have just inserted my screwdriver between the whippen and carefully pushed the pin back in, making sure the jack was aligned under the butt so that the pin had a good chance of lining up with the felt bushing. Upright piano main action rail has all whippen mounting holes located its the lower. If I had looked more closely at the jack with the whippen in the piano, I may have seen the pin sticking out.
HOW TO REMOVE PIANO WHIPPEN DRIVER
I just used the tip of my screw driver to reinsert the pin and then I replaced the whippen and reattached the bridle strap. Once I removed the whippen, I saw that it was not an unglued jack, but a slipped jack pin. I decided to remove the whippen and investigate. Upon closer look, I could see that the jack was crooked and positioned a bit under the neighbouring hammer butt.ĩ0% of the time, this is caused by the jack becoming unglued from the whippen. Share 0 Today I tuned a piano where one key activated two hammers.
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