Knabe Upright/David Ilvedson part II=screws

[David Ilvedson]

Joe,

No I haven't, but I have nipped the end off a screw so it wouldn't go up through the keybed and it started just fine ...that was a big honking screw though...;-]  I will hang on to the old screws if and when I send in the rail(s).  Do you think I should do all 3 rails if I'm going to do it?  I suppose this is a warning sign that the brass is deteriorating?

David I.




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From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:18:44 -0700
Subject: RE: Knabe Upright/David Ilvedson part II=screws

>David,
>NO! Have you ever tried to cut itty bitty screws like that? And, wind up
>with a proper bevel at the tip, so that the screw will enter the threads
>properly? NOT! Yes, I could have installed all of the butts and removed all
>of the dampers, to gain access to the screws and cobbled them so that they
>would not hit the rail. But, that's not my style of workmanship. If I had
>done it that way, it would have worked just fine, UNTIL, some other tech had
>to remove one, then I would have been on the big list of that tech. :-(
>Regards
>Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)