Upright parts salvage

[Greg Newell]

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Paul,
         If I ever bother tearing down old uprights for parts (which I=20
almost never do) I would be inclined to save the screws. I'm of the opinion=
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that you simply can't buy screws of that size and strength anymore.

Greg Newell


At 10:28 AM 5/29/2003, you wrote:

>Hello list,
>
>When disposing of an old worthless piano, what parts are worth saving? =
 I've
>got an old clunker of an upright that a relative dropped off at my house
>when I was out of town for the day (wasn't that nice of him?  At least I
>didn't have to help move it.)  This is one of those chopped-down "mirror"
>jobs, with several coats of paint on it.
>
>I figured on saving the action, the pedals, and the casters.  Should I keep
>anything else?  Naturally, if it had ivory keytops I would save them, but
>this particular gem has all plastic keytops (I guess I'll save a few of the
>sharps).  The person who dropped it off told me that the old keytops were
>down inside the bottom of the cabinet, so I opened 'er up and sure enough
>there they were, but they're plastic too.  Why anyone went to the expense=
 of
>putting new keytops on this thing remains a mystery.
>
>Paul Mulik
>
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Greg Newell
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