[pianotech] Fixing stripped screws

paul bruesch paul at bruesch.net
Sat Mar 28 12:09:57 PDT 2009


Any suggestions/recommendations for leather? Supply house buckskin?
Hobby/craft store leather? Old shoes? Does it matter smooth side in or out,
i.e. which side towards the screw?

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Leslie Bartlett
<l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> A friend suggested plugging a hole with leather which has glue on it.  She
> said it's easy to turn the screw and it will "last forever"- though she is
> severely limited in the "forever" part.........
> les bartlett
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>> Reservations about the longevity of glue-soaked paper aside, if you stuff
>> the hole full and then harden it, wouldn’t you then have to create some kind
>> of pilot hole? If you can just shove the screw in and start it, what does
>> that say about the firmness of the repair?
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>> Kerry Kean
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>> Kent, Ohio
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