[pianotech] Kimball action bracket screws

[David Ilvedson]

Now that you mention it, maybe they aren't phillips but some other similar screw?   A real pain.   You must have numerous sizes of big phillip screwdrivers.   You need the exact right tip or it will *%#O up in no time.  You put a lot of weight/force against the screw as you "hopefully" turn it out.   Protek thick lube when it goes back it.    I'm sure in the factory they had the perfect tip and air powered tools...ZIPPPPPP it in and forget about it...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Chuck Raynor" <diggeray at comcast.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 3/26/2009 10:56:52 AM
Subject: [pianotech] Kimball action bracket screws


>Hi list,
>While tuning a Kimball console with Schwander action the other day, I 
>noticed the screws holding the action brackets to the piano were 
>different than I, with my limited experience, have seen before.  Thought 
>I'd ask about them before I have to take them out someday!  They  seem 
>to be a cross between a philips head and a square drive--that's the best 
>I can do.  They don't look like a philips screwdriver would be very 
>effective.  What's the tool of choice?
>Thanks.
>Chuck Raynor
>Raynor Piano Service
>Beaufort, SC