Source for spring stock?

[Jurgen Goering]

No need to go for  brass spring wire stock.  Although that is 
available, you may want to spare yourself the effort if you can get the 
correct kind of springs.  Is this something like you are looking for?
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Remember, for items you can't find anywhere else, as well specialty 
items or parts pertaining to European instruments, I can probably help 
you out.  If not, I work with a lot of suppliers and sources in Europe 
and I will be happy to make some inquiries.


Jurgen Goering
Piano Forte Supply
(250) 754-2440
info at pianofortesupply.com
http://www.pianofortesupply.com


On Dec 23, 2007, at 17:18, Floyd Gadd wrote:
> I'll shortly be making a return visit to a customer with an Evestaff 
> piano
> that has been neglected for many years.  My first visit included 
> gluing on
> close to a dozen damper felts that had fallen off, and raising the 
> piano to
> pitch.  The action is going to need significant attention--most of the
> hammer butt flanges have way too much friction, and the butt springs 
> have
> corroded--touch them and they break.
>
> The butt springs are mounted in the butts themselves, like the Yamahas 
> etc.
> with the silk cord on the flange.  The tail of the spring is threaded
> through the butt, coming out the side, if I remember correctly, and 
> then
> being secured in some kind of slot.
>
> The problem has been finding an appropriate set of replacement springs.
> .......
> I have Schaff's spring making tool, and could make the springs if I 
> had the
> right stock to work with.  The diameter of the existing spring stock 
> is .018
> inches, which is the diameter of #7 music wire.  The gentleman at 
> Schaff did
> not think music wire would give me the results I needed, and that I 
> might
> try brass stock.  Any suggestions as to what I should be using, and 
> where I
> might get it in fairly small quantities?
>
> Floyd Gadd
> Brandon, MB




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