<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4613.1700" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Nails work just fine but you should solder it in place.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>David I.<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 5/2/01 at 6:19 PM Ray T. Bentley wrote:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV>Fellow Pianotechs around the planet:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How do you repair a broken damper rod hook?  I had two of them silver soldered by someone else.  One has lasted for many years.  But the most recent one only held for about 4 weeks.  One my mentors from way back told of using a smooth nail of the correct diameter bent at a 90 degree angle fitted into the rod.  Schaff has replacement pins which are straight.  I assume they have to be bent after installation.  They're very inexpensive, but a minimum order would have to be placed.  Has anyone else tried the nail approach?  Any other suggestions?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for any ideas!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ray T. Bentley, RPT<BR>Alton, IL<BR><A href="mailto:Ray@Bentley.net">Ray@Bentley.net</A><BR><A href="http://www.ray.bentley.net">www.ray.bentley.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"The difficult I do right away; the impossible takes a little longer!"</DIV><FONT size=2 Arial></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>