I didn't see the simple part.....must of missed it! TODD PIANO WORKS Matthew Todd, Piano Technician (979) 248-9578 http://www.toddpianoworks.com --- On Fri, 9/17/10, Marcel Carey <mcpianos at hotmail.com> wrote: From: Marcel Carey <mcpianos at hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Repetition Spring Cord To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Date: Friday, September 17, 2010, 3:21 PM Matthew, Just drill the plug out. Why make simple things complicated? Marcel Carey Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:06:56 -0700 From: toddpianoworks at att.net To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Repetition Spring Cord Thanks Tom! How would I remove the plug? I have a band saw, and so I was thinking of drilling a small hole on the side of the plug, and then inserting my band saw blade through the hole to allow me to cut out the plug. Have you had much success with this procedure? TODD PIANO WORKS Matthew Todd, Piano Technician (979) 248-9578 http://www.toddpianoworks.com --- On Fri, 9/17/10, Tom Driscoll <tomtuner at verizon.net> wrote: From: Tom Driscoll <tomtuner at verizon.net> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Repetition Spring Cord To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Friday, September 17, 2010, 2:56 PM Matthew, First off with 30 broken you should sell the customer on replacing them all. Remove a whippen. See the little plug holding in the cord. Remove the little plug. Replace the cord ,replicate the length of the loop from one that is intact. Make some kind of guage to do this consistantly. Insert a like plug then do this 87 more times. Matthew we've been talking about this type of thing for several years now. Apply some curiosity - ingenuity -creativity- and then the REAL learning will begin. I'm working with a beginning tech and quite often I'll say : "Find a way" or "Figure it out" There is nothing you can do that can't be corrected . This stuff ain't rocket surgery. Best wishes, Tom D. http://www.tomdriscollpianoservice.com/ I've got a piano with about 30 or so broken rep. spring cords. The piano is a Cable-Nelson grand from 1935. What is the best way to replace these? Help appreciated......thanks Matthew -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100917/2e9a34e2/attachment.htm>
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