Steinway Pedal dowel

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 2/18/99 5:52:17 PM !!!First Boot!!!, rbeaton@initco.net
writes:

<< Re the noisy sustain pedal dowel....you can replace it with a hammer shank
 that has a center-pin installed on each end....long enough to stick into the
 leather at each end.  Nice and quiet.
 Dick RPT MT >>


Dick:

You might be thinking of a different dowel than what I described. The pedal
rod I am referring to is the one that comes up from the bottom of the piano to
the action. It is 5/8" in diameter and about 3 feet long. A hammer shank is
not quite long enough :)

Wim