Hi Paul, Small brass tubing of different diameters can be found at any well stocked hobby store. Best Regards, Jack Reisland On Oct 1, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Paul Milesi wrote: > I am in need of suggestions to effect a repair on a 1961 Baldwin L > Music Desk. > > Each side of the upright desk portion has a little brass(?) tube > inserted into the wood. These interface with a little tab on the > bracket mounted on the desk frame. My problem is this: The desk in > question has had the wood broken out on one side, and the little > brass tube is missing. Another technician made a repair with epoxy > at some point, leaving just a hole without the tubing, but it’s not > holding now. I’ve been to Home Depot looking for a similar brass > tube I could cut, but couldn’t find anything of the right diameter. > It is my understanding that there is no place to obtain Baldwin > parts, i.e., no tech support for Baldwin. Is that correct? I can’t > find any on the Gibson website, and the one dealer tech I called in > NJ never returned my call. > > I don’t have a large shop or a whole lot of woodworking experience/ > skill, but would like to effect a nice, clean repair — either one > that follows the original design, or perhaps two hinges somehow that > will permit the desk to open and close, as some pianos have. Myabe > I could use a couple small hinges from Schaff? Would I have to > chisel out to sink them? The piano case is not in great shape, so > I’m not too, too worried about a fine finished appearance, but I > always do “clean” work. > > All help appreciated! Thanks! > > Paul > -- > Paul Milesi, RPT > Howard University Department of Music > Washington, DC > University: (202) 806-4565 > Home: (202) 667-3136 > Cell: (202) 246-3136 > E-mail: paul at pmpiano.com > Website: http://www.pmpiano.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091001/67840dd0/attachment-0001.htm>
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