On Mon, 9 Sep 1996, Avery Todd wrote: > Dear List, > Does anyone have the sizes of repetition springs for a Steinway L, > 1920's vintage? Aren't they supposed to graduate from the bass to the > treble? This same piano I've been having all the trouble with has had > the rep. springs replaced: #1 is .033 and #88 is .036. This seems wrong > to me, anyway. Shouldn't the bigger springs be in the bass? Yup! That's backwards -- but on which side of the keyboard are you standing when you're counting? :-) (Just a little dislexic humor there...from a dislexic person.) Those numbers sound about right. I think there are three wire sizes - .033, .035 and .037 right to left.
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