Jack, Home Depot may carry them but are they the same heavy gauge steel ? Jack Houweling wrote: >I live in Canada and Home Depot carries these brackets. Most hardware stores >should carry them. > >--Jack > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Hechler Family" <dahechler@charter.net> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:48 PM >Subject: Re: Brackets for bench repair? > > > > >>Cy, et all, >> >>One night months ago, I spend hours searching the net to find the >>closest thing to what Kimball made and found these brackets to be the >>closest. They do not have the fingers on the edges but they are as heavy >>as Kimball's brackets. >> >>http://woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=892-687 >> >>Duaine >> >>Cy Shuster wrote: >> >> >> >>>Speaking of metal benches has reminded my friend Isaac Sadigursky that >>>he routinely repairs benches by using Kimball's brackets, but he can't >>>find them anymore. Is there anyone in Indiana near their factory who >>>might help find them? He says Kimball is mainly making heavy-duty >>>office furniture these days, and they still use those brackets for >>>their desks. >>> >>>They have a bigger surface area, and so they bite into a fresh spot on >>>the rail. This is a perfect solution for those irreplacable benches >>>that are custom-built to match a certain piano. >>> >>>Isaac says that Yamaha Japanese benches are built with those same >>>brackets, but again, he can't get them as replacement parts. >>> >>>Any ideas for sources? >>> >>>--Cy Shuster-- >>>Bluefield, WV >>> >>> >>-- >>Duaine Hechler >>Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ >>Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding >>Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild >>Reed Organ Society Member >>St. Louis, MO 63034 >>(314) 838-5587 >>dahechler@charter.net >>www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild Reed Organ Society Member St. Louis, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler@charter.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com
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