At 08:14 AM 1/29/2007 -0500, you wrote: >I have a customer with a 1920's Steinway A, and the lock bar screws >are loose - I need to put in slightly larger screws because the >holes are a bit enlarged. I wrote down the dimensions of the >existing screws the last time I tuned the piano, but lost the >information -- I think they're somewhere around 2 1/2 inches long. >Does anyone know how long the screws are and their diameter? > >Jesse Gitnik >NYC Repair the stript holes... Longer screw will go through the lid, fatter screw probably won't fit through log/bar, and neither will be easy to find or match the others, anyway. Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.
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