<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#000000"> <div class=Section1> Try Springs Valley = Mfg         8331 W. SR 56 W. Baden, = IN = 47469 812-936-4522   <div> Dean Dean May        &nbs= p;    cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN  = 47802 </div>   -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of William Benjamin Sent: Wednesday, February = 01, 2006 4:37 PM To: 'Pianotech' Subject: Kimball = lyre   Hello list,   This is my first time with a real question so = no snickering.   Especially about the piano, ha = ha   My customer said she had a noisy sustain = pedal.   It is a Kimball Viennese grand.   Well the pedal = looks like a Mustang that had slid in to a ditch.   When I removed = the lyre I found that there is a piece that holds all three pedals in place.   It is nylon and it is broken.   I called Schaff = and they said they used to have some replacement parts, but they were all = gone.   Now the question.   Does anyone = have one or do you have a reasonable repair procedure?   I wish that she = would just trade it in on another piano, but that is a different = story.     Thanks in advance,   William         PIANO BOUTIQUE William Benjamin Piano Tuner Extraordinaire <a = href="http://www.pianoboutique.biz">www.pianoboutique.biz</a></f= ont> The tuner alone, preserves the tone.     </div> </body> </html>