Missing Dowel

[Robert Goodale]

You can use virtually any dowel obtained from a hardware store.  After
cutting to proper length, bore an appropriate sized hole at each end to
insert a balance rail pin.  If the original had one of those rubber grommet
thingees they are available from Schaff, etc.  If it was the type with the
felt folded into the lift rod hole then you are set to go.  Put a key
punching on the trap work end if there currently isn't a felt or rubber
bushing present.

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV



> Hellos list,
> Where can I find a wooden dowel that will fit the sustain mechanism of a
> Kimball baby grand, Viennese Classis (sp?).  The metal rod is in place,
> but the movers have lost the wooden dowel that fits inside the hole in
> the bottom of the piano.