Hi, If you are lucky enough, the Young Chang one, might fit, and it is aluminium. It doesn't get you an immediate fix though. How about just using a piece of string, to bind on a hammer shank, as a temporary fix, till you can get the replacement part. Regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert goodale" <rrg@nevada.edu> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 12:47 PM Subject: Re: mute rail linkage > I've always been baffled at the cheapness of these plastic turn buckles give the > quality if the rest of the piano. You may want to consider just replacing it > permanently with something else instead of just temporarily. A piece of soft > aluminum stock as you suggest might be the perfect answer. Take the remains of > the old buckle along with one of the ends of the connecting wire, (to duplicate > the treads), to a machine shop. All you need is a solid piece of aluminum, (say > about 1/2" square X however long it is), and drill and tap the hole, (which > should just be drilled all the way through). It will last forever. You would > have it a lot faster then it would take to order it, (a good machine shop should > be able to make it in within a couple days depending on how busy they are), and > I doubt it would cost much. > > Luck. > > Rob Goodale, RPT > Las Vegas, NV > > > Charly Tuner wrote: > > > The plastic "coupler" that connects the pedal rods for the felt practice > > mute broke, and I need any "quick fix" ideas as a stop-gap until i can order > > a new one. I was thinking of using a hard wood block and tapping threads to > > screw in the opposing rods, which are not only different size threads, but > > right/left hand threads. Then I thought about using an aluminum block about > > the same size as the original plastic coupler, then drilling small starter > > holes and letting the threaded rods "self-tap" the block. Any other/better > > ideas are appreciated! Thanks. > > > > Terry Peterson > > Los Angeles, CA > > Associate Member, PTG > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >
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