After posting this my good friend Isaac Sadigursky called to remind me that first, I didn't attend his class on pedals at WestPac (I meant too), and second that there is an easier and better way to deal with this problem than rubber hoses or bumpers. Simply cut two 1" long strips of leather (the width will depend on the width of the cup) and place them crosswise over the cup at the back of the pedal (be sure to clean out all the old crud first). Then simply place the pedal rod on top of the leather and press it into the cup, perfect form fit. Trim the excess with a razor blade and you are done. No squeaky rubber or sticky dust gathering lubricants to deal with. No glue necessary either. Have some different thicknesses of leather handy depending on the diameter of the cup (Yamaha is a bit wider for example). For that I retract my previous suggestion, owe him a beer and told him I would post it. If you follow the advice then you can buy us both a beer and we'll all be even. Pay it forward. Thank you Isaac! David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: David Love [mailto:davidlovepianos at comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 5:17 PM To: 'pianotech at ptg.org' Subject: RE: [pianotech] Rubber watchamacalits Steinway catalogue (which I won't reprint here ;-)) #7910 pedal rod rubber bushing (pg 12). You can use them at either end of the pedal rod against the leather disk or in the pedal cup. Sold by the dozen. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110330/7ec1daeb/attachment.htm>
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