Steinway D 1923 - Feet brackets

[Avery Todd]

PM (whoever you are),

I've never heard of "butterfly screws" on a Steinway. What are they?

Avery

At 11:09 AM 7/21/05, you wrote:
>On the older steinways, the feet were attached with 2 screws + 1 big 
>"butterfly screw" for lateral stability. During moving, 2 of those 
>"butterfly" screws were lost as well as one of the metal brackets 
>holding those screws. Steinway no longer manufactures those parts. 
>Does anybody knows where I could find them, or does anybody knows a 
>shop that could make them?
>
>Thanks!
>
>PM