Schaff carries a tool specifically for that job. gary On 2/27/2012 10:37 AM, pianolover 88 wrote: > Client with an old Whitney Kimball spinet with those square rubber > grommets that pop into the forked end of the keys. As soon as I played > the piano I noticed that the keys made a clicking sound, and knew that > it was caused from the grommets having become hard and "fused" to the > forks. I happened to have a couple new ones with me, and explained > what needed to be done. As I proceeded to pop one off, it shattered to > pieces. I replaced it with a new one and the clicking was gone. So > I'll be replacing the whole set. Luckily, the elbows are wood and not > that old, yellowing and brittle plastic! > > So my question is, what would be the fastest most efficient way to > remove and install the new grommets? I'm thinking a socket that fits > that little square nut, which by the way, the old ones remain on the > sticker wire after the old hard rubber breaks apart, and is almost > rusted in place, making it hard to get off! So, once all the old > grommets and nuts are removed, and the wires cleaned and lubed, would > it easiest just to twist all the new ones on my hand, or use a > screwdriver socket? > > Cheers, > > Terry "UniGeezer" Peterson > "Over 50, and not '2' Tired!" > www.unigeezer.com <http://unigeezer.com/> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120227/554df57d/attachment.htm>
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