I've used the leather that Renner sells for bushing keys, its pretty thin and stiff. On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Elwood Doss <edoss at utm.edu> wrote: > Thanks for asking Paul. Inquiring minds want to know! Any takers?! > > Joy! > > Elwood > > > > Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT > > Piano Technician/Technical Director > > Department of Music > > 145 Fine Arts Building > > The University of Tennessee at Martin > > Martin, TN 38238 > > 731/881-1852 > > FAX: 731/881-7415 > > HOME: 731/587-5700 > ------------------------------ > > *From:* paul bruesch [mailto:paul at bruesch.net] > *Sent:* Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:10 PM > *To:* l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net; pianotech at ptg.org > *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Fixing stripped screws > > > > Any suggestions/recommendations for leather? Supply house buckskin? > Hobby/craft store leather? Old shoes? Does it matter smooth side in or out, > i.e. which side towards the screw? > > Paul Bruesch > Stillwater, MN > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net> > wrote: > > A friend suggested plugging a hole with leather which has glue on it. She > said it's easy to turn the screw and it will "last forever"- though she is > severely limited in the "forever" part......... > les bartlett > > > > > > > Reservations about the longevity of glue-soaked paper aside, if you stuff > the hole full and then harden it, wouldn’t you then have to create some kind > of pilot hole? If you can just shove the screw in and start it, what does > that say about the firmness of the repair? > > > > Kerry Kean > > Kent, Ohio > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090328/57a8c3ed/attachment.html>
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