Bill, You could make your own springs if you are so inclined. The damper cord could be treated with CA glue to make the pointed feed. A hi-tech version for the cord would be a teflon rod. (find that one :-) Jon Page At 11:15 PM 6/16/98 -0400, you wrote: >Are the only sources for replacement rep springs APSCo, Steinway and >Renner? I was all ready to replace the set of rotten rep srpings on a >70-year-old Knabe grand, until APSCo told me that they were out of stock on >#24538SP. Samples at my shop left over from 15 years ago match, though one >better than the other. The one is .034" and (phosphor?) bronze colored, and >the other is .028" and steel in appearance. The former, I'm suspecting is >Steinway. No idea where the other came from. Looking in the hard-bound >Renner catalog, I'm not sure how well #686 would match the existing Aeolean >rep. > >Also the original spring is set in with (-) 1/8" damper cord. What other >options are available as a center. Like drilling out to 1/8", setting the >spring in with bushing cloth and pinning that, or simply pinning with 1/8" >dowel. (The spring coil is < 1/8" so it wouldn't be loose and reattling on >the dowel.) I've ordered fresh damper cord, but what I have on hand doesnt >look as though it would take the point needed for repeated threading. (I've >tried sizing it with acetone/keytop.) > >New reps? If you could see the rest of the piano, you'd agree that I'd do >best just to fix the immediate broken spring problem, and back away as fast >as possible. It is for a deserving pianist, but....one could catch >meningitis from a piano in this condition. > >Bill Ballard, RPT >New Hampshire Chapter, PTG > >"May you work on interesting pianos." >Ancient Chinese Proverb > > >
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