<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:p="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" xmlns:a="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" xmlns:dt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:s="uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z="#RowsetSchema" xmlns:b="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:c="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" xmlns:odc="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" xmlns:oa="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:q="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:rtc="http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:Repl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" xmlns:mt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" xmlns:x2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:ppda="http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" xmlns:ois="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:dir="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dsp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:udc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sub="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/" xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" xmlns:sp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" xmlns:sps="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:udcs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" xmlns:udcxf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:udcp2p="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" xmlns:wf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" xmlns:dsss="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" xmlns:dssi="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" xmlns:mdssi="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-signature" xmlns:mver="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mrels="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" xmlns:spwp="http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" xmlns:ex12t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:ex12m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:pptsl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/" xmlns:spsl="http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/PublishedLinksService" xmlns:Z="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:st="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1>Steinway catalogue (which I won’t reprint here ;-)) #7910 pedal rod rubber bushing (pg 12).  You can use them at either end of the pedal rod against the leather disk or in the pedal cup.  Sold by the dozen. <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>David Love<o:p></o:p>www.davidlovepianos.com<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of tnrwim@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 4:44 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Rubber watchamacalits<o:p></o:p></div><o:p> </o:p><div>On Steinway's I've used a rubber hose, like a gas supply line. Measure the inside dimension of the cup in the pedal, and then go to an auto supply store and buy a rubber hose with the same outside dimension. <o:p></o:p></div><div> <o:p></o:p></div><div>Wim<o:p></o:p></div><o:p> </o:p><div>-----Original Message----- From: Arlie Rauch <adarpub@midrivers.com> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tue, Mar 29, 2011 1:31 pm Subject: [pianotech] Rubber watchamacalits<o:p></o:p><div id="AOLMsgPart_0_da7e6090-7639-4716-9025-2392441120b1"><pre style='background:white'><tt>I tuned a Baldwin SF grand today that I haven't seen for a while.  The sustain <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>pedal squeaked, and as far as I could tell the offender was the hard, dried out, <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>rubber cup, bushing, collar (I don't know what to call it) that sits in the end <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>of the pedal and receives the pedal rod.  Does anyone know where to get these?  <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>They are not the same from piano to piano.  I have some for other brands, and <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>they did not work here.  The whole set needs to be replaced.  I can't find them <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>in Schaff's catalog (doesn't mean they aren't there).<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Arlie Rauch<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Glendive, MT<o:p></o:p></tt></pre></div></div></div></body></html>