I did find those machine screws in stainless steel which gives a smooth top (recall you said that the zinc plated ones needed some smoothing on the top. The photo attached is another way to deal with the monkey. These particular screws are much nicer than hunting down short enough capstans that don't have as low a profile. Good tip. Thanks. 5/32" bit worked well for a "screw in" pilot hole. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: P5010064 (2).jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 42519 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090630/7b6a24e7/attachment-0001.jpg>
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