<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Elwood,<br> <br> Since your question was how to install hammer rail repair springs, a good procedure is to first install the screw part way, then slip the brass plate under the screw head after clipping an opening in the plate with your wire cutters. Then tighten the screw. Poke a hole with an awl to help get the screw started.<br> <br> Tom Cole<br> <br> Elwood Doss, Jr. wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid02a501c47b46$a50127a0$0897a842@doss"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <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> <div> </div> <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>