Larry, I'll take a stab since no one else has yet. If I'm replacing the entire set, I take the action to the shop, take off all the wippens, use a pair of needle nose pliers to pull the old springs out and use a jack spring hole reamer to remove the old glue (Schaff has them for $5.83 each, part #127 in their new tool catalog). I, personally, don't think I would bother trying to soften the glue with a solution. The hole needs to be cleaned out anyway so you can put fresh glue in and set the spring down into it. A lot of the older pianos used hot hide glue when the springs were originally installed and it crumbles out of the hole easily with the reamer. If I'm in the shop, I usually use hot hide glue, also. However, as far as I know, any kind of glue (white, yellow) would work since there's very little stress on that glue joint. While the wippens are out, you can also make sure the jack rest felts are OK. One caution. There are two lengths of jack springs. I'm not specifically familiar with the Story & Clark action you mention, but if it has the short springs and you use the long ones, you will definitely have a very "snappy" jack return. :-) Also, when you return the action to the piano, I would check the lost motion and maybe the let-off adjustment. They both probably need it anyway. I hope this is of some help. > >Any advice as to which glue is best for jack springs? Anyone got a handy >method of snapping new jack springs into place? I'm hoping that a drop of >deglueing solution (wallpaper remover in water) will loosen the old ones. > >Larry Goss >Cedar MIll, Oregon _____________________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4893 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu _____________________________________
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