Hi, If the brass corners are bade of U channel they are too small usually to fit over the edge of the music rack without removing wood from the back side with a chisel. My last coustomer who used them himself, simply purchased a panel of birch wood to fit the brass channel. Then stained and finished the rack. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@luther.edu> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 8:40 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] a bad habit?? > At 10:25 AM 10/3/2005 -0400, you wrote: > > >On Sep 30, 2005, at 5:07 PM, Wolfley, Eric ((wolfleel)) wrote: > > > >>Hey Jeff, get that music desk back in place as soon as possible. If you > >> > >>don't, somebody will take one from another piano and put it in there... > > > >Yeah, I know. I've seen kids try to use S$S music desks on > >Baldwins. I've only had it a couple of days. But it came in one day I > >was extremely busy and I just completely forgot it, then this thread > >reminded me. > > > >These Baldwin music desks are a real pain. The way the hinge is made, the > >screws strip out really easily and the little thing that goes into the > >actual desk is only held in place by a thin layer of veneer. The least > >bit of pressure on the desk will tear them all to pieces. Constant repair > >issues. > >J > > > Don't I know it!! I had 2 Badwin desks do that this past week... Looking > into brass corners. > > > > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer > I tried to get a life once, but they were all out of stock. > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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