[pianotech] Fire hose failure!

[David Love]

Yes it is and it's not that old.  Interestingly, when the hose is deflated
of course it flattens out and it's at the sharp bend that the leaks have
happened.  Maybe it was just lousy material.  Need to find something better
though.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 7:44 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Fire hose failure!

David Love wrote:
> Yes, in the hose itself.  

Ouch! I just replaced my old clamps, using 2"x4" aluminum 
instead of the maple in the original, and kept the old hoses. 
They still seem fine. I used a polyester (no outer coating) 
hose with a clear urethane inner coating, and something like a 
250 or 300psi rating. Mine came from a fire fighter supply 
locally, but it's just mill hose under another name.

Sounds like the lining in yours has deteriorated. Is it rubber?