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  • 1.  KIngston tongues

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 04-10-2018 08:19
    Any one know if he is still supplying parts? If not, didnt Fred Sturm have a spring replacement technique for these? I hate to think about replacing jacks just for a half dozen broken springs...

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    ---Dave

    New Orleans
    504-263-2923
    algiers_piano@cox.net
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  • 2.  RE: KIngston tongues

    Posted 04-10-2018 09:12
    Dave 
    Try kingstoncembalo@comporium.net

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    Ed Sutton
    ed440@me.com
    (980) 254-7413
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  • 3.  RE: KIngston tongues

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 04-10-2018 10:40
    The email Ed Sutton gave is current. I think he can supply some tongues - he was talking about doing a new mold, but I'm not sure that happened. 

    To add a metal spring to a delrin tongue, saw a kerf (xacto saw) in line with the missing spring. Drill a tiny hole at the top end of the kerf. Make a small bend in the end of some thing wire (.009" or so). Insert the bend into the hole, lay wire in the kerf. Take a soldering iron of some sort and melt some of the delrin to secure the wire in place. Cut the wire to length and make appropriate bends, including a curve for where it will bear on the jack.
    "Believe those who seek the truth; doubt those who find it; doubt everything, but don't doubt yourself." Gide






  • 4.  RE: KIngston tongues

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 04-12-2018 06:23
    Thanks guys, reached him and had a good email discussion about his instruments in South Louisiana. Zuckermann is supplying his jacks and tongues now. And thanks to Fred, I was over thinking the whole thing, visualizing two holes and a knot, and using a soldering iron had never occurred to me. I used .012 brass cause I had it handy and it worked perfectly.

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    ---Dave

    New Orleans
    504-263-2923
    algiers_piano@cox.net
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