OOPS! Hit on the wrong 003S the first time, sorry... ch At 06:06 PM 11/13/2006 -0800, you wrote: >Hello Terry, >Thank you for the advice. >The piano is a 1913 SS-M that was rebuilt in Poland. >The poly finish happened there. >It is a very new finish and looks ok but not the best - no signs of >separation that I can see. >The music desk is of the SS type that never had a hinge I believe (not >certain) just the bumpers. It is possible that the rebuilders did not >reinstall an existing hinge and covered up the holes - I have no way of >knowing. >As the owner is a teacher she loads the desk up fairly heavy with music >books etc. She not only wants one hinge - she wants two. I cannot talk her >out of it. >Gene Gene, I'm not sure I know what you mean about never having had a hinge, do you mean a rear support bracket? This 1930s M never had them either. Here's what I did to a practice room S&S piano which is frequently ridden hard and put away wet. The little original hinges and their screws pulled out quite well, so I used a couple of sections of recycled lid hinge. (about 12" each) I had to chisel out a relief for them and I used old, longer screws, so it ain't the prettiest, but it _is_ holding up to the abuse. Here are a couple of pictures showing the ugly underside (you can see where one of the original small hinges had been) and the top view where the repair is fairly unobtrusive. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: MVC-003S.JPG Type: application/octet-stream Size: 43561 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061114/87c9e593/attachment-0001.obj -------------- next part -------------- Conrad Hoffsommer There comes a time in every man's life and I've had plenty of them. -Casey Stengel
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