Ian,
If you don't want to send the key back to the maker, I suggest that you look for a local maker/repairer of baroque woodwinds - specifically baroque. Various baroque winds use the same kind of keys as the NSP and someone who works with them may well have experience of fixing exactly this problem. One place to start might be the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, which would be able to put you in touch with a player of the relevant instrument who would know of a good repairer. http://www.seattlebaroque.org/about-us.htm BTW, some (mainstream) woodwind repairers can fix keys by means of microwelding. That might also be a possibility. Cheers, Paul Gretton -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Ian Lawther Sent: 19 October 2009 03:52 To: nsp Subject: [NSP] Respringing a key One of the springs on my chanter has become very weak and is, I fear, about to break. I have the choice of returning it to the maker for respringing (a trans Atlantic posting job), getting a maker here in the US to do it (a couple of options - more if I consider other local folk woodwind makers) or trying to do it myself......... In considering doing it myself I have "Cocks and Bryan" and Mike Nelson's website as guides but both are aimed at making keys not refitting them. Mine is chrome plated and I don't particularly want to drill through to put a new rivet in. How do people usually do it....is it feasible to use the stub of the original rivet to mount the spring? Any thoughts and advice welcome Ian www.bagpipediscs.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
