Get the replacement springs from Steinway (PN 8643, $10.00 for a set). Pull out the old wire, drill out the old plug that secures the wire, insert the new wire and plug it with a round toothpick--trimmig off the excess. Check the tension for uniformity with the other springs (there are more problems if there is too much tension than too little). David Love >From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@jps.net> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Subject: Spring steel >Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 17:15:53 -0700 > >List, > >I need to replace a underlever spring in a Steinway M I'm rebuilding. >Let's >just say it got mangled somehow...;-/. I measured the diameter at .029 or >14.5 in piano wire. Couldn't I use this instead of spring steel, whatever >that is? I have a nifty little spring making tool I got at a chapter tool >auction and some brass spring making wire but it is a lighter gauge than >the >original. Any info would be appreciated. > >David I. > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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