Who can help me?

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco at luther.edu
Mon Jan 29 06:43:30 MST 2007


At 08:14 AM 1/29/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a customer with a 1920's Steinway A, and the lock bar screws 
>are loose - I need to put in slightly larger screws because the 
>holes are a bit enlarged. I wrote down the dimensions of the 
>existing screws the last time I tuned the piano, but lost the 
>information -- I think they're somewhere around 2 1/2 inches long. 
>Does anyone know how long the screws are and their diameter?
>
>Jesse Gitnik
>NYC


Repair the stript holes...
Longer screw will go through the lid, fatter screw probably won't fit 
through log/bar, and neither will be easy to find or match the others, anyway.




Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician
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