At 16:36 +0100 4/10/07, david at piano.plus.com wrote: >Do most people here glue jack springs in place in the wippen? It depends on the design of the action. The shorter actions, with the shorter spiral spring, are not designed to be glued and the spring won't fall out, but the tall levers with the long spring are meant to be glued into the lever body and will otherwise fall out when the action is taken apart, and that's the only reason for doing it, but they were glued in originally. I'm speaking of German and French actions. Of five upright actions I have on the go at the moment only one ( an unsigned action, probably Langer) has the short spring without the glued-in bottom. Of American practice I have very little knowledge but a Steinway and a Sohmer I have both glued down the spring. JD
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