[pianotech] Fixing stripped screws

[Elwood Doss]

Now Ron, I'm known for being a little slow.  I can easily see how you
use a toothpick because you stick some glue on it and insert it in the
hole.  It goes on one side of the hole and closes up the hole some.  Now
with leather do you cut a thin strip like a toothpick, put glue on it
and insert it?  Do you make a funnel with the glue on the outside and
slip it in the hole?  Just how does one make this repair?  See, I am
slow....but I do get there!  Best personal regards!
Joy!
Elwood

Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT
Piano Technician/Technical Director
Department of Music
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The University of Tennessee at Martin
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Nossaman [mailto:rnossaman at cox.net] 
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 4:06 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Fixing stripped screws

paul bruesch wrote:
> 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

Any of the above. Something a little on the stiff side will 
prove to be easier to poke in the hole than something soft, 
but it'll all work. The old toothpick repairs work well too, 
but leather is better. Both require glue.
Ron N