[pianotech] Screws

[Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft]

Very good information Joe. I'll be sure to have my grandkids read it ;-).

Al -
High Point, NC

PS, You know I'm just pulling your leg.
On Oct 5, 2011, at 11:58 AM, Joseph Garrett wrote:

> All,
> The last convention in Las Vegas, each attendee got their "packet". In that
> packet was a piece of plastic, called a screw gauge.(on the gauge, it was
> labled "Standard Screw & Wire Gage" AND "Metric Screw & Wire Gage"). Even
> tho, the company that made these necessary tools spelled Gauge incorrectly,
> (obviously, the spelling police were not present at the factory.<G>), this
> gauge is the best I've found. It is thick enough to measure sheet metal
> screws that have the threads all the way up to the head. I've found, over
> the years, screw gauges to be an essential TOOL for what we do. These
> Gauges are available from our Home Office or your local Hardware store, or
> direct from the manufacturer. I strongly advise, All technicians to have,
> at least one in their tool kit AND one in their shop, (if they have a
> shop<G>). It takes up very little room and will become an integral part of
> the way you do your work, believe me. Gee, no more guessing what size screw
> that fell behind the piano!<G> On that note, I have a Steinway type lid
> prop. It is made out of wood. I've inserted 1/2" magnets in varioius
> places, on both sides of the lid prop. Since the large percentage of screws
> in a piano are steel, the chance of misplacing those case screws just got a
> lot less possible. BTW, since we are, by nature, very anal, let's all put
> the same screw back in the same hole it came out of. This will lessen the
> incidence of stripped screws, (not to mention a whole lot of other
> problems.<G>) And, remember to turn the screw backwards when starting to
> re-insert the screw, in the correct hole, THEN turn it in once it "clicks"
> into it's thread groove.
> Regards,
> Joe
> 
> 
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain of the Tool Police
> Squares R I
> 
> 

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