Hi,Matthew! Kathy Voss,RPT,from Wisconsin is the EXPERT on this. She had presented a few classes-mini-technicals in the past and wrote an article in the Journal. Coat Hanger Wire is her method of keeping all springs straight and under control Talk to her.. Good luck Isaac On Aug 22, 2010, at 5:57 PM, Matthew Todd wrote: > In the July, 2009 journal, there is a procedure for replacing > upright hammer butt springs. In the article it explains slipping a > steel rod through the coil of each spring. > > I will be replacing a set of springs on a spinet soon. I went to > Home Depot and the smallest diameter steel wire was still too big to > push through the coil of my sample spinet spring I had with me. > > Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks! > > TODD PIANO WORKS > Matthew Todd, Piano Technician > (979) 248-9578 > http://www.toddpianoworks.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100822/d3a941e9/attachment.htm>
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