Steinway D 1923 - Feet brackets

Avery Todd avery1@houston.rr.com
Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:21:31 -0500


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At 08:43 AM 7/22/05, you wrote:
>It's a screw that can be turned by hand.

Most screws can! Where?

>They have a big metal piece that you can turn by hand instead of 
>using a screw driver.

Again, where?

Avery


>Avery Todd <avery1@houston.rr.com> wrote:
>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
>
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