Pearl River Grand Problem

[Martin Wisenbaker]

Steve:

Thank you for responding to this situation.  The pin broke in two inside
the end of the damper tray. I pushed the protruding piece back into the
hole in the tray which allowed the sustain pedal to work normally again.
I did not have time to really fix it yesterday so I glued a piece of a
felt mute over the hole temporarily until I can go back there on
Wednesday the 30th. I am only hoping the piece of felt will hold the half
pin in place until I can get back to do a good repair. It sounds like
some thick, gap filling CA glue would do the trick by gluing the pin to
the inside of the hole in the tray. I will try this. If it does not hold,
I may do what I had started planning to do before reading your message. I
had started thinking that I would remove the tray by disconnecting all
the dampers, take it out and drill the hole all the way through and make
it large enough to take a 16 p nail. It is larger in diameter than the
original pin and would hold up better under the type of playing done by
these expressive high school students. I had begun to plan on
experimenting on some scrap wood before going back there to see what size
drill bit I would need to use to make the hole large enough to also take
bushing cloth in the block to the right of the tray. I would also smooth
the surface of the nail and lubricate it. But if your method works and
holds it would be much quicker and practical. A larger pin should have
been used in the first place. 

Thanks,
Martin Wisenbaker, RPT
Houston, Texas
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