Back against the wall fix.

[Ken Jankura]

Thanks, Roger. This may help someone.
Middle of nowhere, regulation including moth eaten replacing key frame felts
on an old upright. What!! No backrail cloth, I coulda sworn I......  Oh well
now what!
I used my temperament strip held in place a la steinway style with a muffler
rail felt. And before anyone asks, yes I tapered the thinner end to the
treble :-)
Ken Jankura

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> This may help some one.
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> Out in the country, A Samick grand with the damper pedal flopping all over
> the place. No problem the bushing felt has worn through  on the axle.
Very
> common problem with these pianos.  Disassemble the pedal box, get the
> pedals off, and go to the car to get bushing cloth.  Wow!!!!!  a clean
> trunk, empty,  Darn my wife has been helpful and thoughtful.
> Ah!  I saw a hardware store on the edge of town, maybe I can get lucky and
> find some leather.   No luck.  Looking on the shelves I found some denim
> patch material.   Neccessity becomes the mother of invention. So I took
it.
> Cut two thicknesses to the right size, melted parafine wax into the axle
> contact area of the cloth, and reassembled.  It worked like a charm. Nice
> solid clean pedal operation.   I will bet it will outlast the kind of felt
> that was there previously.
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> I wonder if in a few years, or twenty years, if another tech will muse?
> What idiot did this.  <G>
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> Roger
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