I went to move a Samick the other day and the leg bolts were hex cap head. Fortunately the movers who set it up put them on finger tight so getting them off was no problem. To secure the legs, I snugged them up with a pair of pliers since I didn't have a hex key that large. Does anyone know the size of the hex key so I can have one on hand in the event of another Samick encounter? Another interesting thing happened during the move. While packing up the trailer at the end, I found a short phillips head machine bolt. I figured it fell out of the piano so I went back in to investigate. The treble nose bolt had fallen out! I retrieved my flashlight and inspection mirror to find the stud was about an inch away from the plate. I turned it back up from underneath but the holes did not align but close enough to force- fit. The stud was loose enough in the beam to start to turn while attempting to install the bolt. I set the stud height to the plate and secured it with vise-grips while threading the bolt in. Evidently what had happened at the factory was that the stud was backed-off from the plate during installation and was hanging-on by a few threads. Fortunately the plate through that section is quite thick so I don't think any damage was done. Make you wonder though... Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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