butt springs

[Avery Todd]

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Richard,

IMHO, if you're going to do it at all, DO IT RIGHT!

Avery

At 07:43 AM 7/21/05, you wrote:

>Thanks Terry,
>
>Actually, I did not want to pull the action on this turkey. I was 
>toying with the idea of installing springs on a thin strip of wood 
>and then glueing it in place.
>-------------- Original message from "Farrell" 
><mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>: --------------
>
>Alan, that was cruel and uncalled for. Whitney, like all piano 
>manufacturers space the butt springs one per butt! (It's the butts 
>that are randomly spaced!)   ;-)
>
>That's all you get Rick until you give us more information! R U 
>replacing the spring rail for some reason? Or just the springs. 
>Perhaps this is the first time you have replaced this type of 
>spring? If so, you may just not be aware that the springs are set 
>into little holes in the spring rail - so no spacing efforts are 
>needed - just remove old springs and replace with new ones in 
>original holes. (You need to soak the felt to soften and remove the 
>hide glue...... oh no - was a Whitney glued up with hide glue or 
>will it be some ookey white crud.....?????)
>
>No doubt there is tons of info in the archives describing this job. 
>I know there is good stuff in the PTG reprint articles - that's what 
>I used the first time I did that job.
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>Whitney spinet, eh? Just use the same random spacing the factory 
>used.... oh, wait, that was cruel.
>
>More seriously: Are these on a damper rebound rail in the usual 
>configuration? Is the rail still usable?
>
>Actually, I guess I don't really understand your question ... a 
>little more detail, please ...
>
>Alan Barnard
>Salem, Missouri
>
>  Is there a standard distance for spacing hammer butt springs? I'm 
> thinking of doing a gang replacement on a Whitney spinet .
>
>Thanks,
>Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano

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