I had to do several of these on an old schroeder grand a while back. I drilled out the old cord/plug, all the way through the repetition lever. I then, through trial and error, determined the proper size of a loop of crocheting (sp?) string to use as a replacement for the cord. Once this size was determined I built a jig with a couple of nails s[aced out on a piece of wood so I could make a bunch of them very quickly. In each loop, I tied in a tiny two hole button that would hold the string on the bottom side of the repetition lever and keep it from pulling through. Thus I didn't have to deal with glue. Out of a paper clip I fashioned a small hook to reach down through the hole I had drilled to fish the loop up through the repetition lever, and pulled it over the spring hook. It really worked very well, and once I had it figured out the general method, it was very very fast. I'm sure this is not described very well, but I would be happy to go over the method with anyone by phone, email, whatever. Or, I could try to draw some sketches to illustrate. Hope this is of use to someone. Arlin -----Original Message----- From: Avery [mailto:avery1 at houston.rr.com] Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 10:25 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Kimball cord repair Paul, I'd like to know this, also. I just replaced one of those on a Baldwin SD-10 and I had hell doing it. Drilling out the plug/dowel in the jack and getting the new cord in there. I hope someone has some good suggestions about how to do this better. Mine worked, but I'd sure like to know a better way of doing it!!!! Avery Todd University of Houston At 09:24 PM 6/19/2006, you wrote: >Hello list, > >I'm repairing on old Kimball grand action, the type that has a short loop of >cord (for the repetition spring) coming out the back of each jack. Two of >these cords are broken, and I expect many more are near the breaking point. >How does one replace these cords? I may end up replacing all 88 of them, so >I need to learn how to do this properly. > >One more thing, in an emergency situation, what could you use if you didn't >have the right type of cord -- string? Dental floss? Fishing line? > >Thank, >Paul Mulik
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