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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the advice, William. I have =
been trying
to dig out the spring tails which are still firmly embedded in the cuts =
on the
underside of the metal rail.. Can't get them out. I may try =
bending
the new springs around the underside of the rail and hot glueing a felt =
strip to
secure. Any other advice, pls reply.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Smith</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sw Fl</FONT></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=A440WRMPiano@tm.net =
href="mailto:A440WRMPiano@tm.net">William R.
Monroe</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> Friday, December 12, 2003 =
7:52
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Hammer Spring Rail =
and
plastic action parts question</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>Dave,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>I just did this job =
today. My
two cents: dig 'em out. It took me three hours =
to:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>-Pull =
Action</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>-Remove Spring =
Rail</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>-Remove Backing =
Felt</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>-Lift out old =
springs</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>-Cut new Springs to
size</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>-Set new Springs in
Rail</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>-Bend to =
shape</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>-Reinstall Felt and =
Rail in
Action</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>By the time you are =
done
manufacturing a new rail, drilling perfectly spaced holes, and then =
going
through the same process of installing new springs, it would be a wash =
- or
even easier to pry out the old springs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>William R.
Monroe<BR>Assoc.<BR>Madison, WI</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dsmith941@comcast.net =
href="mailto:dsmith941@comcast.net">Dave
Smith</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> Friday, December 12, =
2003 12:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Hammer Spring Rail =
and plastic
action parts question</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a customer with a 1947 Story =
and Clark
console piano with most of the hammer butt springs broken, It =
has the
extra old felt strip under the spring coils, and that is where the =
corrosion
originates. I read about this in an old journal article, along =
with
the advice, to try to replace the rail, rather than diggout 88 =
spring holes,
etc. Does anyone know if it is still possible to get a spring =
rail
duplicated at a reasonable cost? Any advice? =
Piano
is is pristine shape other than this. It does have almost all =
action
parts in yellowing plastic, but they dont seem to be crumbly =
like
others I have seen. Maybe there were some good plastic batched =
back
then?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Smith</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SW
FL</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>