Warren, I'd stick with brass and silver solder. CA glue will not hold in this application. Steel will rust. If this is an older piano, be sure not to unsolder the sections of the rod... Good luck. Horace >Joel Rappaport wrote: >> > >> As always, hope this helps. What were your ideas? > >I was thinking mild steel instead of brass, but then it might be hard to >bend and might rust. So I'd arrived at brass also. I thought I would >hammer the ends slightly then drive the ends into the hole, but I could >also bend it crooked that way. > >Thanks for the info, Have a nice weekend! > >Warren >-- >Home of The Humor List >Warren D. Fisher >fish@communique.net >Registered Piano Technician >Piano Technicians Guild >New Orleans Chapter 701 Horace Greeley hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu LiNCS voice: 415/725-4627 Stanford University fax: 415/725-9942
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