Joe, They are called T-nuts. If one can get a right angle drill, you can always just lift one side of the piano and support it with a 4" block of wood to do this repair. Marcel Carey, RPT Sherbrooke, QC > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On > Behalf Of Joe And Penny Goss > Sent: 15 mai, 2004 22:49 > To: Pianotech > Subject: Re: stripped pedal bracket holes > > > Hi John, > Can not think of the name of the item that you should use, > but it is sort of > like a nut attached to a washer with 4 very sharp feet. Use > a tilter to put > the piano on its back and drill out the old hole to the > size that will let > you use the new fastner and anchor the assembly down with > the new machine > screws/bolts. > Joe Goss > imatunr@srvinet.com > www.mothergoosetools.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Formsma" <john@formsmapiano.com> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 8:32 PM > Subject: stripped pedal bracket holes > > > > List, > > > > Baldwin studio with all four pedal bracket screws stripped. > > > > I've not had to do this exact repair before, so I have > some questions. > > > > Is the best repair to plug and redrill? > > > > If so, it appears that the bottom board will need to be > removed because > > I don't see a way to get a drill bit perpendicular to the > bottom board > > since the plate is very much in the way. There's only > about 5-6 inches > > from the board to the plate. Maybe a right-angle drill? > (which I don't > > yet own so don't know the dimensions if there's enough space) > > > > Can this be properly repaired without bottom board > removal, such as > > epoxy or a shoe peg? I'm feeling that this would be > temporary and am > > therefore hesitant to spend the time on a temporary repair. > > > > What would you do? > > > > Thanks, > > > > John Formsma > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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