<div dir="ltr">I've done this repair on a YC U107A. The aluminum tube has an inside diameter that snugly fits a dowel... I'd think 5/16" or 3/8", but I failed to record that info. Anyhow, that way you can preserve the interior appearance of the piano (where many owners don't even know they can easily look) and avoid the possibility of the tube/rod bending/kinking (as long as you don't do that while you're sliding it over the dowel!!)<div> <br></div><div>Paul Bruesch</div><div>Stillwater, MN<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:47 PM, John Ross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><strong><font face="Arial" size="4">If it were me, instead of making a wooden one, I would plug the rod with a piece of dowel, and then use your finishing nail. This would keep the look the same.</font></strong></div> <div><strong><font face="Arial" size="4">John Ross</font></strong></div> <div><strong><font face="Arial" size="4"></font></strong> </div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:#000000 2px solid;margin-right:0px"> <div style="font:10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background:#e4e4e4;font:10pt arial"><b>From:</b> <a title="wimblees@aol.com" href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com" target="_blank">wimblees@aol.com</a> </div> <div style="font:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a> </div> <div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 25, 2008 5:08 PM</div> <div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: Schaefer & Sons podal rod</div> <div><br></div>Maybe it does press fit. But it's still broken. If anything, I told the customer, I would replace the aluminum rod with a wood one, with nails sticking out of each end. <br> <blockquote style="padding-left:3px;border-left:blue 2px solid"><strong><font face="Arial" size="4"></font></strong></blockquote>Wim<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: John Ross <<a href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca" target="_blank">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</a>><br>To: Pianotech List <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br>Sent: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:03 am<br>Subject: Re: Schaefer & Sons podal rod<br><br> <div> <div><strong><font face="Arial" size="4">Are you sure it screws in?</font></strong></div> <div><strong><font face="Arial" size="4">The ones for Young-Chang just had a press fit. The edges were serrated, (probably the wrong word), and the fine edges just rubbed off on the sharp edge of the tube.</font></strong></div> <div><strong><font face="Arial" size="4">They plastic ones broke, but the nylon ones are holding up well.</font></strong></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:#000000 2px solid;margin-right:0px"> <div style="font:10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background:#e4e4e4;font:10pt arial"><b>From:</b> <a title="wimblees@aol.com" href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com" target="_blank">wimblees@aol.com</a> </div> <div style="font:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="Pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">Pianotech@ptg.org</a> </div> <div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:25 PM</div> <div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Schaefer & Sons podal rod</div> <div><br></div>First of all, who made Schaefer & Sons?<br><br>This has an aluminum pedal rod, and the end that sticks into the pedal lever is a plastic knob that screws into the rod. The customer has a heavy foot, and broke off the knob right where it screws in. Where I can get another knob? Manufacturer, supply house, ....<br><br> <div style="clear:both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br>Piano Tuner/Technician<br>Mililani, Oahu, HI<br>808-349-2943<br>Author of: <br>The Business of Piano Tuning<br>available from Potter Press<br><a href="http://www.pianotuning.com/" target="_blank">www.pianotuning.com</a></div> <div><font style="font:10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;color:black"> <hr style="margin-top:10px"> Find phone numbers fast with the <a title="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" href="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" target="_blank">New AOL Yellow Pages</a>!</font> </div></blockquote> <div>John M.Ross<br>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.</div></div> <div><font style="font:10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;color:black"> <hr style="margin-top:10px"> Find phone numbers fast with the <a title="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" href="http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp00000001" target="_blank">New AOL Yellow Pages</a>!</font> </div></blockquote> <div>John M.Ross<br>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.</div></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div>