Wim and Marshall! You can use those 'Donut" Grommets as a mute between newly replaced strings.. Radio Shack sells them in different sizes, too..Check it out for wider spaced unisons.. I had learned that trick from Bruce Stevens, RPT-S..Bay Chapter.. It Works!! It made it as a Tech. Tip in the Journal a few years back.. Just a reminder... Good luck! Isaac On Feb 28, 2013, at 5:38 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > Marshall > > Baldwin grommets are round donuts. (Schaff part number 3784, page > 130). I would suggest you order two or three sets, so that you can > do the repairs right away, without waiting to get them from Schaff. > > Wim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com> > To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>; rayfabrizio1952 <rayfabrizio1952 at gmail.com > > > Sent: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 2:59 pm > Subject: [pianotech] grommets > > Hi Terry, > What type of grommets are used on the Baldwin spinets, the round or > squareish ones? I have a customer who called and said that a key > was down on her Baldwin spinet and I'm thinking rubber grommet > issue. I've seen both types of grommets, round washer type and a > square tye, but cannot recall which pianos I"ve seen these on.. > Thanks > Marshall > > > Marshall Gisondi > MARSHALL'S PIANO SERVICE > 215-510-9400 > http://www.phillytuner.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130228/430f4ee2/attachment.htm>
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