Square Rubber Grommet replacement

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Arlie,
I use my flush side cutters to remove the square composit nut then install
the new grommet with a Kimball tool that they have  #60.
Even though the wire end usually is crud loaded the last set seemed to go on
in spite of the wire end condition.
I did use an electric screw driver as all my tools are minus the combination
handle end and are 1/4" hex drive.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arlie Rauch" <adarpub at midrivers.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 7:42 AM
Subject: Square Rubber Grommet replacement


> Yesterday I went to tune an older Lowrey spinet.  In order to replace
> a damper lever I had to remove the action, and that mean removing the
> lifter wires from the ends of the keys.  Well, all the square rubber
> grommets had become hard and brittle, and they broke as I removed
> them.  Fortunately, I had a new set with me.
>
> Installing the new ones was a terrible job.  The ends of the lifter
> wires looked like they had been twisted off so that there was a piece
> of metal interfering with screwing on the new grommet (it would
> really have been helpful if the lifter wires had tapered at the
> end).  So a little file was helpful there.  But the job took a long
> time and required lots of finger work--my fingers and finger joints
> really took a beating.  Of course, once the nuts were started, I
> could use a tool I have to turn those square nuts to the proper
> position.
>
> Does anyone have a quick and neat way of replacing these square
> rubber grommets?  They are #3785 in Schaff's catalog.
>
> Arlie Rauch
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