My last post should have said "Phil" not Paul...sorry Paul... The original post, way to go Paul, never did mention if this was a grand or upright... '-[ David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Terry Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 9/15/2009 8:12:20 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Steinway Leg repair >Oh wow. Good point Ed. I read "bottom of leg is loose" so I just made >the assumption we had an upright of some sort here. Geeezzz - your >explanation of grand leg repair makes perfect sense to me now. Sorry >'bout that Chief! >All right Paul - we are likely talking grand piano here. The light >bulb just went off in my head. I had been picturing an upright all >along - a leg that is secured at the top and the bottom. But now I >understand it is a grand with the standard two-piece leg. Oh gosh. >Sure. Yup. Everyone is correct and I am WAY out in left field. >I think I'll just tuck my tail between my legs, take some more cold >medicine and go back to bed. Geeeeeesh! >Phil - I've done this repair before. If I can help you, I'd be happy >to. It's going to be like Ed first described. I've done it both ways >where the parts were in good condition and I glued it back together >and I done it where everything was chewed up and I epoxied it back >together. >Boy-oh-boy - that's what I get for trying to think....... >Terry Farrell >On Sep 15, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Ed Foote wrote: >> Greetings, >> I wrote about the leg repair inre a grand piano leg, if it was an >> upright, things are different. The following is for grands: >>>> The Steinway legs are assembled with a large, (approx. 1 1/4 >>>> inch) dowel between the leg and the plinth,(top part). >> Terry asks: >> >> What do you mean by the "top part". A plinth is a base of a cabinet. >> Are you talking about the top of the leg - Phil's leg is loose at >> the bottom. >> >> I had always been told that the upper part of the leg was a plinth, >> but that is a classical architecture term. I meant the part that >> comes in contact with the bottom of the piano case >> >> " The most effective repair is to drill out the wedge with a >> series of small, (1/8") holes, and then hammer the dowel and leg out >> of the socket. >> >> >> I'm presuming the leg is secured into the bottom of the keybed >> at the top and into the "foot" of the cabinet at the bottom of the >> leg. (Is there a better term for the horizontal forward extension on >> the base of a piano into which the base of a front leg is secured - >> like on most old uprights?) You say to hammer the leg out of the >> socket - are you saying to remove the leg at the top also? >> >>>> MAKE SURE YOU ARE GLUING BACK IN THE SAME DIRECTION! >>>> >>>> >>Gluing what back in what same direction? >> Don't reverse the top part, put it back in the original >> configuration. >> >>>> If cut properly, the wedge will be below surface so the plate will >>>> fit as originally intended and the plates will mesh properly. >> >> >>Below the surface of what? The dowel - correct? "So the plate..." >> what plate? What plates meshing? The piano plate? The plate for the >> caster? Meshing? Totally lost here. >> Below the surface of the mounting plate. >> >> If this was a Steinway upright, everything is different. The >> uprights have a mortise in the bottom of the leg that slide fits >> over a triangular wedge attached to the bottom extension. The top is >> usually just screwed to the underside of the keybed with two metal >> brackets. >>> >>> Ed Foote RPT >>> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html >>> >>> >> >> =
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