Thanks Zy for your contribution. I have noticed that among the spinet pianos that have the plastic elbows, that the ones that had the weakest, most brittle parts were the ones that had an uncontrolled Dampp-Chaser dehumidifier rod. I have often suspected that the heat from the rod contributed to the degredation of the material but not being a chemist, I had no way of proving or even researching that idea. Any ideas on this anyone? I once replaced the elbows of a Betsy Ross Spinet (one of my favorite little pianos) with the dehumidifier blazing away in Winter where the elbows crumbled as easily as the Christmas candy that I was offered while doing the job. I needed no tools to remove the elbows or even the remnants, I could break out the material with my fingers alone. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC