Maybe it does press fit. But it's still broken. If anything, I told the customer, I would replace the aluminum rod with a wood one, with nails sticking out of each end. Wim -----Original Message----- From: John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:03 am Subject: Re: Schaefer & Sons podal rod Are you sure it screws in? The ones for Young-Chang just had a press fit. The edges were serrated, (probably the wrong word), and the fine edges just rubbed off on the sharp edge of the tube. They plastic ones broke, but the nylon ones are holding up well. ----- Original Message ----- From: wimblees at aol.com To: Pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:25 PM Subject: Schaefer & Sons podal rod First of all, who made Schaefer & Sons? This has an aluminum pedal rod, and the end that sticks into the pedal lever is a plastic?knob that screws into the rod. The customer has a heavy foot, and broke off the knob right where it screws in. Where I can get another knob? Manufacturer, supply house, .... Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com Find phone numbers fast with the New AOL Yellow Pages! John M.Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080925/f60e2b76/attachment.html
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