[pianotech] Spinet Hammer Butt Springs

[Joe Goss]

Hi, Many times I have used a pointed end of a capstan tool to install a few 
but not a set.
Joe Goss BSMusEd MMusEd RPT
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Spinet Hammer Butt Springs


> 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!
>
> I've done maybe a half dozen of these through the years, all without the 
> rod. It's just not that difficult to line the springs up, even if you have 
> to spend a couple of minutes straightening them up after installation. 
> Finding the committee approved alignment rod before the fact isn't all 
> that much of a deal breaker.
> Ron N
>