Hammer Spring Rail and plastic action parts question

[William R. Monroe]

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Re: Fwd: Smoky pianoDave,

I just did this job today.  My two cents:  dig 'em out.  It took me =
three hours to:

-Pull Action
-Remove Spring Rail
-Remove Backing Felt
-Lift out old springs
-Cut new Springs to size
-Set new Springs in Rail
-Bend to shape
-Reinstall Felt and Rail in Action

By the time you are done manufacturing a new rail, drilling perfectly =
spaced holes, and then going through the same process of installing new =
springs, it would be a wash - or even easier to pry out the old springs.

William R. Monroe
Assoc.
Madison, WI
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  Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 12:06 PM
  Subject: Hammer Spring Rail and plastic action parts question


  I have a customer with a 1947 Story and Clark console piano with most =
of the hammer butt springs broken,  It has the extra old felt strip =
under the spring coils, and that is where the corrosion originates.  I =
read about this in an old journal article, along with the advice, to try =
to replace the rail, rather than diggout 88 spring holes, etc.  Does =
anyone know if it is still possible to get a spring rail duplicated at a =
reasonable cost?    Any advice?  Piano is is pristine shape other than =
this.  It does have almost all action parts in yellowing plastic, but =
they dont seem to be crumbly like others I have seen.  Maybe there were =
some good plastic batched back then?



  Dave Smith
  SW FL
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