Player Piano Question

[Euphonious Thumpe]

Try metric sizes, but also try overdrilling, and putting bronze bushings into the elongated holes.  That's what I do on my rebuilds. 
Thumpe

Euphonious Thumpe


--- On Mon, 8/18/08, John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca> wrote:

> From: John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
> Subject: Re: Player Piano Question
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 2:52 PM
> I meant cut the threaded portion off. :-(
> 
> On 18-Aug-08, at 3:37 PM, John Ross wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to find a replacement for the things that
> are in the  
> > pedal linkage that look like bolts with no thread, and
> are held in  
> > place with a collar with a set screw.
> > I thought it would be easy, just get a bolt and cut
> the head off.
> > It measures about .25".
> > A 1/4" bolt is too small, and the next size up is
> too big.
> > I found one that I had got from PPC years ago, but it
> is too small,  
> > and uses fiber tubes to build out the size.
> > Any ideas would be appreciated.
> > The other thing is the holes they go into are
> elongated. It is a  
> > soft metal. Would JB Weld be the thing to use to fill
> it, and re- 
> > drill to size?
> > John Ross
> > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> >
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> John Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada