<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Fwd: Smoky piano</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Smith</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SW = FL</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>