Joe Are you cutting the nut off or the threaded rod? Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Joe And Penny Goss Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 12:36 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Square Rubber Grommet replacement 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 > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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