At 07:32 PM 10/3/2002 -0500, you wrote: >> Can I buy just the >>little collar? Usually, the dimple at the end of the socket will hold the caster stem but I the odd case that it doesn't you can get a plumbing fitting to work. I think it's a 3/8" compression-fitting ring. File it to fit into the post channel and cut it so it will open to go onto the post, close around post; insert into socket. I don't remember if the saw kerf produces enough material removed for a proper wrap. >>5. The socket hole is now expanded in the center. Does the socket's >>walls depend on a tight hole for support? Schaff will also have a wooden sleeve to fit over the socket. These are for those big old hunkers of the 'one-piece' unit variety. You may have to enlarger the hole in the case to accommodate them. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@attbi.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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