<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Gordon,</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Try Schaff catalog page 107, No. 545 upper right column. Drive it in and bend it at the proper spot. A possible "field" repair is to use a nail and JB Weld it into place. </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dave Davis, RPT</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><BR> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"> <DIV>Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:07:21 -0400<BR>From: "Gordon Holley" <gwholley@hi-techhousing.com><BR>Subject: Kimball Console-broken damper rod hook<BR>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Message-ID: <029e01c6b0bc$cfe7e820$6700a8c0@gholley><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR>List.  I'm servicing a Kimball Console, and have a broken damper rod hook.  This hook broke off<BR>right below the entry into the rod.  This hook is the one located just prior to the bass lift rod <BR>"coupler" (overlap).  <BR><BR>Are there damper rod hooks available from some source or from a tech on the list?<BR>Schaff catelog does not show any.<BR><BR>Can one hook in the middle of the rod, (there are two others in the middle and one at the far<BR>right end near the lever), be removed and relocated where the broken one now is located?<BR><BR>Can a new hook be made by someone?<BR><BR>Are there any suggestions from tech's on this problem?<BR><BR>Many thanks in advance.<BR><BR>Gordon Holley<BR>Associate <BR>Indiana Chapter 467<BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>