Dear MMDers,  I have a Raffin organ and an original Raffin cart.  The
wheels are wood spoke wheels with a steel tire.  We recently put in a
new laminate floor through much of our home and I have been concerned
about rolling those steel wheels around and ruining the floor.  So I
have been trying to devise some method of providing a soft tread for
the cart wheels.

What I came up with is the following.  We were in Wal-Mart the other
day and as we were heading through the automotive section, my wife
said, "How about this?"  It was a leather slip-on automobile steering
wheel cover.  I whipped out my measuring tape and the size was perfect
(15 inches) for the Raffin wheels.

I bought one to try and it is a tight fit but works perfectly for my
application.  I have attached a picture but it is easy to imagine how
it works.  They weren't cheap, at about $15 each, but less than a lot
of other options I considered.  For your consideration,

Cheers,
Bob Conant
Bradenton, Florida