<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 <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca><br> To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><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 id='u8CAED619075C67D-E90-1A5C' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><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>