You could also separate the two pieces, clean the surfaces and glue them back together. Once dry, drill for a large dowel tenon. Jon Page At 09:55 AM 12/01/1999 -0600, you wrote: >HI Rob, > If you can gain access to a horizontal boring machine, or a >Shop Smith. >Cut the broken dowel flush and bore a 2 X4" hole in the top of the leg, >bore out the remanants in the console. >Turn a 2"X 9" dowel from a block of maple, cut one end to accept a shim. >Glue the pieces together, I would use 5min epoxy, heat it with a hair >drier, it will go to the consistancy of water and fill any voids. >Really clean up the top of the leg and the bottom of the console and use a >fair bit of clamping pressure to gain some strength from the butt portion >of the joint. >Roger > > > > >At 04:46 PM 30/11/99 -0600, you wrote: >>Howdy, >> >>I have had a not so fun afternoon. When I reported to the >>performing arts center this morning I was told that the tail leg >>on the Steinway had busted off. I quickly ran down to check. >>Sure enough there it was, sadly slumped over like a drunk piano >>player. The remains was laying on the floor, broken clean >>through the dowel at the base. Of course the bad news couldn't >>end there. That piano is needed for a concerto competition on >>Thursday. >> >>Perhaps it could be fixed if enough shop effort was put into it >>but at his particular moment I don't have that kind of time. I >>got on the phone today to see if I could get Steinway to send a >>new leg via Fed-Ex. No dice, it would take weeks. Under the >>circumstances for now it looks like we are going to temporarily >>move a piano in from another location. >> >>These legs have extra large wheels somewhat like a Hamburg. >>Never previously needing to know or care I was under the >>impression that someone simply put the larger wheels on the >>original legs. Upon closer inspection, however, I see now that >>these legs are in fact different then a normal Steinway leg. >>This would of course make sense because the larger diameter wheel >>would otherwise raise the piano too high. Cutting down a normal >>Steinway leg would look strange to say the least. Although the >>face plate portion seems normal the actual legs are shorter. >>Clearly these legs are specifically designed for large wheels. >>Thus now I'm attempting to determine the origin of these legs. >>Does Steinway sell Hamburg legs in lacquer finish for New York >>pianos? >> >>Rob Goodale, RPT >> >Roger Jolly >Saskatoon, Canada. >306-665-0213 >Fax 652-0505 > Jon Page, Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jpage@capecod.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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