Kimball cord repair

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Dental floss would be good and available from the home owner if you are
lucky.
I use 'Spider Wire" available at WalMart.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Mulik" <tubist at swbell.net>
To: "piano" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 8:24 PM
Subject: Kimball cord repair


> Hello list,
>
> I'm repairing on old Kimball grand action, the type that has a short loop
of
> cord (for the repetition spring) coming out the back of each jack.  Two of
> these cords are broken, and I expect many more are near the breaking
point.
> How does one replace these cords?  I may end up replacing all 88 of them,
so
> I need to learn how to do this properly.
>
> One more thing, in an emergency situation, what could you use if you
didn't
> have the right type of cord -- string? Dental floss? Fishing line?
>
> Thank,
> Paul Mulik
>