Hammer Spring Rail Replacement

G GRAVINA ggravina@ix.netcom.com
Tue, 15 Oct 2002 06:54:53 -0400


Gordon,

I've had success replacing whole sets of springs in original 
rails.  Replacement springs are available from Schaff, part numbers 519A, 
519B and 3777.

Jerry Gravina, RPT
Babylon, NY

   At 09:18 AM 10/14/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>List.  I need information on securing a new hammer spring rail for a
>Baldwin-Howard, Spinet, drop action, with stickers.  Some springs are
>broken, others are all bent, in general hammers won't return.  I
>found in the archives a discussion between John Ross, Newton Hunt,
>Patrick Draine and Clyde Hollinger, Aug 1999, a source of Pratt Winn
>and Wade Boggs, where John Ross suggests they will build a new one if
>one were to send them the old one.  They would duplicate it with a
>replacement rail for a reasonable price.
>Does anyone have further information on this with an address, phone
>number, e-mail address, etc.
>Thank you all for the pending help.  Regards, Gordon Holley, Goshen,
>IN
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