underlever spring source

[Avery Todd]

Britt,

I've never known of any kind of spring that used a wire gauge as 
heavy as any piano wire!
WAY too heavy!

Am I missing something?

Avery

At 06:43 PM 11/22/05, you wrote:
>Mike,
>    I usually use a spring making jig and make them out of piano wire.
>Piano wire is, I believe, spring steel.  I think I got the jig from 
>Schaff though it could have been APSCO it was several years ago.
>Measure the diameter of the wire and make sure that you have some 
>piano wire is the same or close.  If not Schaff sells a variety of 
>sizes used for other purposes besides stringing pianos.  You could 
>also make a jig to bend the wire around.  Email me privately if you 
>like and I will send you a photo of the jig I have.
>
>Britt
>
>
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>
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