<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Clyde, that would be part number = T5901316. Fairly inexpensive. Call Yamaha and order a set.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=cedel@supernet.com href="mailto:cedel@supernet.com">Clyde = Hollinger</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> Wednesday, August 20, = 2003 4:02 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Yamaha sustain pedal = knock</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Friends,<BR><BR>Two weeks ago I tuned a 1980 Yamaha G3 = grand piano.  I detected a slight<BR>knocking sound when releasing the = sustain pedal.  Since the sound seemed<BR>to come from the pedal box, I = took it apart to see what I could see.<BR><BR>There appears to be a little = more play between the pedal pin and the<BR>hole in the pedal dowel, which = appeared to be made of teflon or some<BR>similar material.  That is certainly = not a part that I keep in stock, so<BR>I put things back together and informed = the church of what I found.<BR>They got back to me and want the knock eliminated = (not all my clients<BR>respond this way).<BR><BR>Now my = questions:<BR><BR>1.  How does one get that pedal dowel out?  Is it glued in?  It looks<BR>*very* tight, and I don't want to beat everything = up.<BR><BR>2.  Where does one get the part?  Contact Yamaha, or are there better<BR>options?<BR><BR>3.  Is there some other good fix that = doesn't involve getting a new part<BR>and might be less trouble and labor?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Clyde Hollinger, RPT<BR>Lititz, PA, = USA<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>