<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks John. This is the method that is working best = for me. The new spring is now tightly in place even before the glue. Thanks for = the info.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Dave Bunch</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 24, 2005 = 1:01 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Return spring = removal</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I usually grab lightly with the points = of a pair of centre pin nippers, (Well in my case electronic wire cutters, from = my days as an electronic organ tech.) and pull. They mostly always come out.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>On the really stubborn ones, that have = broken under the surface, so I can't grab them, I use a Dremel tool, and a = very small drill bit, or piece of piano wire, and follow it in. It will either = push the wire out, or drill a small hole very close to the original.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I do not replace them, by just pushing = in and bending. If it is not already in with the two hole method, I make a = new hole alongside the original. Then you thread it down one hole, bend it and = feed it in the second hole, grab the end, pull and clip. It stays in place = much better that way.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Then just run your hide glue down.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Oh yes, if the rail had a small piece = of felt next to the coil, remove it, and wash the wood with acetone. The felt = was contaminated, and caused the coil to corrode. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>= <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pdtek@mchsi.com href="mailto:pdtek@mchsi.com">Dave = Bunch</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 24, = 2005 2:35 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Return spring = removal</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hello all;</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am in the process of removing and replacing all of the hammer = return springs on a stencil console.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Having the rail removed, more than half have broken due to = corrosion. All but about 16 I could grab the spring coil, or whatever is left = and pull it all out in one piece. The tail goes through a hole, bends back = and lays in a slot.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is the any trick to removing the remains of the stubborn ones? = Prying in the slot with a knife blade was not successful. I had to stop for = the day to go do my tunings.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I find irony that in = twenty years I have never had to do this :-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Bunch</DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR>Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release = Date: 1/21/2005<BR> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR>Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release = Date: 1/21/2005<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>