Hammer Spring Rail Replacement

[Mike Kurta]

    Gordon:
    To remove the square nuts easily from the stickers after the rubber
grommets have broken away, take a 1/4" drive socket extension, any length.
Chuck it into your drill, and voila!  You now have a custom nut removal
tool.  The square end fits the nut perfectly.   You may have to drill up
into the female end of the extension to create clearance for the threads on
the rod, but its easily done.  If the nuts are very tight, you may have to
hold the rod with a small vise grip to keep it from twisting.  Also, if the
tool slips in your drill chuck, grind 3 flats on the male end, or if you
want to get fancy, weld a screwdriver bit to the end and put it in your
power screwdriver.
    Mike Kurta
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Holley" <gholley@hi-techhousing.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: Hammer Spring Rail Replacement


> Thanks Gordon.  When I took the rail off and inspected it and the
> springs, it was straight and not warpped.  However,  your suggestion
> will be so helpful in the future should I ever worked on another on
> of these actions (G).  Rubber grommets hardened, breaking off when I
> removed the sticker from the fork, screwed threads of the sticker
> above the nut rusted or coated with mouse pi_ _. Hope I can get the
> nuts off when I put new grommets on. Boy, first one of these I've
> worked on and I get a crudded mess.  However, guess you might as well
> grin and get on with it.
> Thanks again Gordon, Regards, Gordon Holley
> On 15 Oct 2002 at 7:34, gordon stelter wrote:
>
> > On the subject of spring rails: Often I find uneven
> > touch on uprights due to warpage in the spring rail. I
> > remedy by screwinmg a very small aluminum angle along
> > the edge of the spring rail, notched for action
> > brackets, etc..
> > --- Gordon Holley <gholley@hi-techhousing.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks Jerry for the assistance, do appreciate the
> > > help.
> > > Regards, Gordon
> > > On 15 Oct 2002 at 6:54, G GRAVINA wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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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