<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1>     -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Kurt Eichenbach Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:12 = PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Hammer butt = spring   From the Schaff catalog I think you might be able to use item No. 539. In my = catalog that's on page 107. Kurt Eichenbach On Sunday, January 18, 2004, at 09:52 PM, = Piannerman@aol.com wrote: Dear People,     Have a Grinnell console short action piano that has a = couple of hammer butt springs broken.  It's the type of spring where one = end is inserted somehow up into the damper rest rail kind of underneath the = felt where you can't really see how it's attached.  (The other end of course = fits into the groove of the hammer butt to assist in return.)      It looks to me like the rail may have to be = taken out to insert the new springs but I was hoping to avoid that if = possible.  I would certainly appreciate any comments from anyone that has some = firsthand knowledge of this repair.  Thanks in advance. Charles Cron       =         Charles,       =       The above reply by Kurt will work, but in my experience, if three are broken = more will follow. This repair has been discussed recently---search the = archives. Replacing all the springs is not = difficult. I posted a method and Joe Garrett posted a better one as I recall. If = you are going to use the repair springs, I would toss that little screw away and = CA glue the brass flange thingee to the rail .When they all start breaking = and you do the complete job, the repair spring can be popped off with = ease.       =       Tom Driscoll       =       </div> </body> </html>