Thanks Ron... but I'm talking about the cord for the spring retainer... and I guess it's the same as the cord that's used to retain the silk/fishing line in some applications... such as the (junk) grand action I'm practicing on. Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote: > paul bruesch wrote: > >> Amateur question: is there any particular type of cord which should be >> used for this repair? Or is just hardware store "parachute cord" (stranded >> and sheathed, as I recall) sufficient? >> > > > Silk is the recommended stuff. The supply houses sell it, or silk suture > from a medical supply house. I've seen techs use Dacron fishing line too, > but have no idea as to it's longevity. I carry a spool of suture. > Ron N > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100213/39cdcc12/attachment.htm>
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