Hammer springs - where to buy.

[John Ross]

Install new springs.
It is not as hard as it appears.
If there are not two holes for the wire to go through, make an extra 
one. Then thread the wire in the original, and into the other one, and 
pull tight.
Then a layer of hide glue, and new felt.
Done.
Now all the springs are new. So you won't have a problem of another one 
breaking a week after you just replaced the broken ones.
Remember, if a few are broken, it means the rest will break in the near 
future.
Oh yes, remember and regulate them, for strength.
Those ones with the plate, are just a stop gap, until you can get back 
and do the job properly.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Day" <pianotoone@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 3:50 PM
Subject: Hammer springs - where to buy.


> Have always used the hammer replacement springs with the square, brass 
> mounting plate that mounts to the front of the hammer rail with a 
> small screw.
>
> Need to replace all the hammer rail springs on a spinet.  Schaff is 
> out of stock and is looking FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE THEM.  So who knows 
> when they will have them.
>
> Does anyone know where I can buy those (and the screws) or in the 
> alternative how to install the springs that look like the 
> original.....stuck in the wood.
>
> After 25 years in the business, don't get stuck very often but here I 
> am
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Dick Day
> Marshall MI
>
>
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