No-one has mentioned this, but glue sizing does work well. Andrew At 07:55 AM 1/29/2007, you wrote: >or tooth picks are great also >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:john at formsmapiano.com>John M. Formsma >To: <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>Pianotech List >Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 8:40 AM >Subject: Re: Who can help me? > >Why not repair the holes with shoe pegs or other similar strip of >wood? Sometimes I don't want to go look for a shoe peg, so I slice >off some wood from a hammer shank. Works fine with a bit of glue. > >JF > ><mailto:PIANOTECHNICIAN at aol.com>PIANOTECHNICIAN at aol.com 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 > > >---------- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.12/655 - Release Date: >1/28/2007 1:12 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070129/949eac00/attachment.html
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