Couldn't resist this one either... At 11:15 AM 10/14/99 -0400, you wrote: >I have finally seen the piano and broken part, and incredibly - the part that >broke was a nylon pedal prop bolt! * Of all the possibilities mentioned, I would have never guessed a prop bolt. >I have never seen a metal one fail. I've had many fail, all metal (so far) and regardless of brand name -- usually where the bolt goes through the pedal. >On the other hand, the nylon bolt did break at the point where a stray bubble >was entrapped, an obvious moulding defect that effectively reduced the >diameter of the bolt. Perhaps this is the only plastic pedal prop bolt that >will ever break! I will save it for a museum. * Bubble or not, it won't be the last time. Jim Harvey, RPT Greenwood, SC harvey@greenwood.net ________________________ -- someone who's been in the field too long.
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