Rubber pedal cups

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<< Ed said:  "The rubber cups fromSteinway are quite durable, but they HAVE 
to have 
the small leather punching in the bottom."

I ask:  "Why?" >>

      It seems that the rubber cups don't last when the metal rod is bearing 
directly upon the rubber in the bottom of the cup.  With the small leather 
insert, I am seeing these cups last for years and years.  (Roughening up the 
sides of the chrome rods with 400 paper helps to minimize squeaking by the cups on 
a slick surface.)



Ed Foote RPT 
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