Vintage Steinway

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Greg:

Buy a 5/16" diam wood dowell and slice off 1/8" thick pieces to glue
to the bottom of the wood button and you should be in business with
the shorter regulating screws after you glue on the felt punchings.

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Greg Newell wrote:

> Greetings list friends,
> 	I wonder if you might be willing to voice yuor opinions or
> help in a new dilemma I'm experiencing.  I recently won the job of
> installing a set of hammers on an old 1885 steinway vertical.  Some
> of you may remember the posts about hammers for the same instrument. 
> My newest wrinkle is that I discovered letoff screws that are broken
> off at the rail.  I need to extract them , obviously, and I was
> thinking of using a soldering iron lightly to loosen the remaining
> screws and remove the rest for replacement.  Ideas?  Comments?  
> 	The next difficulty in this matter is finding the proper
> replacement screws.  The old ones measure  1 1/4 in.  as opposed to
> the standard 1 1/8 in. that all the supply houses seem to have.  I
> have tried APSCO, Shaff,  Pianotek, and Renner.  Are there any other
> places I should try?  I'm a little worried about not having that
> extra regulating room if it's ever needed.  Should I be?  I could
> simply glue an extra felt on fight?  Or maybe even a thicker button? 
> What do your great minds come up with?  Did I leave out anything?  
> 				Anxiously waiting,
> 					Greg Newell
> Greg and Mary Ellen Newell
> Greg's Piano Forte`
> Lakewood, Ohio 44107
> gnewell@en.com
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