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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Elwood,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I suppose those repair springs might be ok, in an
emergency.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>But, I would recommend, installing the proper new
springs on the rail. If some are bad, the rest are on the
way.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>If you do replace the springs, make sure to
remove, any felt that might be there. Impurities in the felt, was what caused
the problem, in a lot of pianos from the late 70's and
80's</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>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=edoss@utm.edu href="mailto:edoss@utm.edu">Elwood Doss, Jr.</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 05, 2004 8:48
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> replacement hammer butt
springs</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone have any good ideas regarding installing
repair hammer butt springs in an Acrosonic spinet? I have the kind of
springs that has a flat plate (really small) with a slot in it for placing a
screw in it. Anyone tried using thick CA glue or that new "gorilla glue"
to attach it to the hammer butt spring rail? Just wondered.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joy!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elwood </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT<BR>Piano
Technician/Technical Director<BR>Department of Music<BR>145 Fine Arts
Building<BR>University of Tennessee at Martin<BR>Martin, TN
38238<BR>731-881-1852</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>