From John Delacour <JD@Pianomaker.co.uk>
At 2:20 pm -0500 30/8/06, daniel carlton wrote:
>can someone tell me the best way to replace hammer butt springs in a
>kimball? it looks like some type of cloth that holds the spring in
>place. how do i get it out? what do i use to replace the cloth? (i
>have the springs from Schaff already)
Cut through the cord with a scalpel blade each side of the spring
coils; remove the broken spring, push out the cord from the sides
towards the middle using the flattened end of a wire or centre pin;
buy some butt spring cord.
If the cord comes without a pointed end ready made, remove the yarns
from the centre for about 2", soak the remaining braid 'tube' with
glue and twist it tight to give you a thin hard end to feed through
the holes and the spring.
Adjust the coils of the spring before installing so that the spring
ends up at a right angle to the shank as in the picture.
JD