<Now just push the woven sleeve of the cord back, to expose about 2" of core, snip the core. Now stretch the sleeve out over the core. twirl the end and apply CA glue on the first inch. This will give you a nice stiff needle like end to thread through the holes and spring coil. Pull through and trim the ends with a sharp razor. Done. You don't need a centre pin on most damper levers.> This method can also be used with bushing cloth for flange centers, damper guide rail holes, grand pedal pivot dowels, etc. But after pulling the same length of cord or cloth through many flanges, it starts to get worn, fuzzy, and dirty, and you have to make a new "needle" end. As for the brass damper lifter rod swing hangers (the brass "thingees" shaped like a comma) that are found in old uprights -- how come none of the catalogs have those? They can't be much harder to make than butt plates or grand fallboard hardware, and I'd think there'd be at least a small market for them (granted, they seldom crack, but the cheaper "folded metal" ones that are offered are nowhere near the quality). What bugs me, when rebushing these things or anything where bushing cloth is pulled tightly through a hole, is that almost all the glue gets wiped off the cloth as you pull it thru. For gluing cloth to metal, I've used Barge or Walther's Goo, which seems to work pretty well--Dave Nereson, RPT, Denver
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