I live in Canada and Home Depot carries these brackets. Most hardware stores should carry them. --Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hechler Family" <dahechler@charter.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:48 PM Subject: Re: Brackets for bench repair? > Cy, et all, > > One night months ago, I spend hours searching the net to find the > closest thing to what Kimball made and found these brackets to be the > closest. They do not have the fingers on the edges but they are as heavy > as Kimball's brackets. > > http://woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=892-687 > > Duaine > > Cy Shuster wrote: > > > Speaking of metal benches has reminded my friend Isaac Sadigursky that > > he routinely repairs benches by using Kimball's brackets, but he can't > > find them anymore. Is there anyone in Indiana near their factory who > > might help find them? He says Kimball is mainly making heavy-duty > > office furniture these days, and they still use those brackets for > > their desks. > > > > They have a bigger surface area, and so they bite into a fresh spot on > > the rail. This is a perfect solution for those irreplacable benches > > that are custom-built to match a certain piano. > > > > Isaac says that Yamaha Japanese benches are built with those same > > brackets, but again, he can't get them as replacement parts. > > > > Any ideas for sources? > > > > --Cy Shuster-- > > Bluefield, WV > > > -- > Duaine Hechler > Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ > Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding > Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild > Reed Organ Society Member > St. Louis, MO 63034 > (314) 838-5587 > dahechler@charter.net > www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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