[pianotech] Damper spring cord

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Hi, Noah:
    Try again, but cut enough core so the sheath is a little longer than the flange is wide, so it will be long enough to stick out the other side.  Stiffen it with glue (I use CA thin glue) and push it through.  Since the diameter is smaller, you'll be able to grab the end with pliers and pull it through easily.  Don't let the glue wick too far into the sheath lest it saturate the core.  Just use enough to make it a little stiff, enough to push it through
    Hope this helps.    
    Paul McCloud
    San Diego


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Noah Frere 
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: 02/11/2010 8:15:40 AM 
Subject: [pianotech] Damper spring cord


I am trying to re-spring a damper flange. I pulled back the sheath of the cord, cut, pulled the sheath back forward, applied some wood glue and worked the end into as fine a needle as i could, but alas, i could not get it all the way through the hole in the flange. About halfway through, the cord starts bunching at the entrance hole and loses rigidity. Then i applied some thin CA and Accelerator, which made it too thick, so I sliced it thinner using a razor, reapplied the CA and Accelerator, and was able to get the cord trough all the way since it was thin, but then it wouild go no further, since the angle was too great at the entrance to the flange. When i tried to pull it through with tweezers it just shredded. 
So, I tried again, the standard way, to no avail. It just is not needly enough and/or hard enough. Anyone?
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