---------- From: Jim_Harvey@yca.ccmail.compuserve.com[SMTP:Jim_Harvey@yca.ccmail.compuserve.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 1995 6:50 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Rubber grommets or fix, please Howdy, Bob Simmons mentioned rubber grommets as part of his 'hammer springs revisited' post. Speaking of rubber grommets... Does anyone know of a source for the type of rubber grommets that have threaded square nuts buried inside? These are a line item only (unpictured) with APSCO, but they don't have 'em, and my last Schaff catalog is from 1984. Failing this, has anyone come up with a _good_ alternative fix for these time and smog-attacked grommets? (I've seen the kludged field repairs, and don't like them). What about modifying the closest equivalent part: a wooden drop-lifter button. I'm thinking along the lines of making a circular cut around the wooden button, deep enough and spaced to fit the pickup tongue on the end of the key. Maybe even adding some... what, silicone caulking to the new incision and allowing it to dry prior to installation. It may still lack the necesssary flexibility, and/or be noisy in operation. Would this work? If so, anyone could hammer out bunches of these in relatively short order, and not worry about future detioration characteristics. (If we're lucky, the modification will outlast the pianos they go into). Jim Harvey, RPT Dear Jim; If you have a 1984 Schaff catalog, you have the latest one.
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