<!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 6.00.6001.18099" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY 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; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">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><WBR>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">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A>><BR>To: Pianotech List <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:03 am<BR>Subject: Re: Schaefer & Sons podal rod<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_c69bd12c-b514-4fa4-b096-d4859ed6d8a4> <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; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org">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><WBR>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 class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CAED5B8CE59E58-C84-22B><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 class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CAED619075C67D-E90-1A5C><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></BODY></HTML>