=?ISO-8859-1?Q?RE:_Who'd_like_some_brass_butt_plates_that_really_fit_?_(_Subscriberssought, _please._)?=

[David Ilvedson]

I agree the supply house butt plates have a tendency to turn.   I just wedge a small blade on the right side and stop the rotation and it works in a fashion.   If these "new" butt plates really make a difference, I'd be in for a couple bags...I did my last set a year ago...normal prices or new and improved prices?...;-]

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 10/26/2007 5:09:28 AM
Subject: Who'd like some brass butt plates that really fit ? ( Subscriberssought, please. )


>     The supply house plates don't fit a lot of pianos
>I see.  The big round notch at the bottom rides too
>high over the stud, so when you tighten them  they
>twist sideways, and the top edge rubs on the inside of
>the butt.
>     I spoke with saintly genius machinist Robert
>Streicher, yesterday ( who's made parts for Ampicos
>and Steinways for decades- you've probably bought some
>) and he said he'd make me  proper ones: with a  small
>square notch that fits the W,N& G action I'm working
>on.  ( He made 75,000 plates for Steinway damper
>levers, for APSCO, so he can probably handle this. )
>     I'd like to make it "worth his while",  and also
>of benefit to other techs, so please let me know if
>you'd like a set. ( I'll keep a list. )



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