Hi,List! Today I had visited Home Depo,Looking for those Kimball -type Bench Brackets and only got strange looks.Also,visited 2 well stocked local hardware stores-No Luck,Yet.! Another attempt was made to talk to Kimball purchasing office-no results.I had ordered 3 different kind of brackets from Woodworkers supply people and I will test them. In the past 15 years I went through 5,ooo bench brackets ordered from Kimball and most of the benches repaired with those brackets had survived rugged school environment,they are great and simple to use. I wish other bench makers will adopt that design and beef-up their benches,including Artist ones. I will keep you posted on progress.Meanwhile,I hope somebody from the List will have more info how to get or manufacture those brackets. Thank you. Isaac > [Original Message] > From: Jack Houweling <JackHouweling@dccnet.com> > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: 3/29/05 8:58:08 PM > Subject: Re: Brackets for bench repair? > > 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
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