Awesome response Isaac!! Two and a quarter feet long!! Yep, it’s a GRAND piano bolt. Ok so it’s inches not feet. As for moving pianos with the bolts in the holes ....... yeah, they snag on lots of things including the pockets on my jacket or vest. I can see where flesh could be torn and shredded about as bad as the door jamb and it’s trim pieces. Flat head screws could indeed be a force to be reckoned with in this scenario. I usually put them in my pockets. Some movers find a place to hide them in the pads. One favorite spot of one particular mover was down low, bass end of the keyboard, in the folds of moving pads used to pad the skid. Another spot is on top, the treble end of the piano where one would normally find the brand name of a 9 foot piano (proudly shown to the audience) between the pad and the strap. There’s a cavity at the far end of the piano, opposite end from the keyboard, where the rear leg attaches that sometimes provides a safe place for them on some pianos. A baggie in with the separately padded legs or pedal lyre?? The bench is sometimes used however they usually get lost when they fall out. Good luck Micheal. Hi, all! The Bolt size for Baldwin legs is: 1/2-13 coarse thread, 2 1/4' long.. Good luck ! Isaac Sadigursky, RPT Los Angeles Chapter On Mar 4, 2013, at 8:07 PM, Terry Beckingham wrote: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130305/3363b963/attachment.htm>
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