[pianotech] Repetition Spring Cord

[Marcel Carey]

Matthew,
Just drill the plug out. Why make simple things complicated?
Marcel Carey

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:06:56 -0700
From: toddpianoworks at att.net
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Repetition Spring Cord

Thanks Tom!
 
How would I remove the plug?  I have a band saw, and so I was thinking of drilling a small hole on the side of the plug, and then inserting my band saw blade through the hole to allow me to cut out the plug.  Have you had much success with this procedure?


TODD PIANO WORKS 
Matthew Todd, Piano Technician 
(979) 248-9578
http://www.toddpianoworks.com

--- On Fri, 9/17/10, Tom Driscoll <tomtuner at verizon.net> wrote:


From: Tom Driscoll <tomtuner at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Repetition Spring Cord
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Friday, September 17, 2010, 2:56 PM





Matthew,
 First off with 30 broken you should sell the customer on replacing them all. 
Remove a whippen. See the little plug holding in the cord. Remove the little plug. Replace the cord ,replicate the length of the loop from one that is intact. Make some kind of guage to do this consistantly. Insert a like plug  then do this 87 more times.
    Matthew we've been talking about this type of thing for several years now. Apply some curiosity - ingenuity -creativity- and then the REAL learning will begin. 
I'm working with  a beginning tech  and quite often I'll say : "Find a way" or "Figure it out"
There is nothing you can do that can't be corrected .
This stuff ain't rocket surgery.
 Best wishes,
Tom D.
http://www.tomdriscollpianoservice.com/







I've got a piano with about 30 or so broken rep. spring cords.  The piano is a Cable-Nelson grand from 1935.
 
What is the best way to replace these?
 
Help appreciated......thanks 
 
Matthew
  		 	   		  
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