[pianotech] Filling screw holes

Isaac Sadigursky isaacspianoservice at gmail.com
Thu Dec 20 08:32:12 MST 2012


Hi, Larry!
The Lid Alignment set-up" is called  the "Lid Catcher".
It comes   in  2 parts:- "Male and Female:  and can be easily  
positioned with Double-Sided Masking Tape.
best wishes for holidays!
Isaac
On Dec 20, 2012, at 7:07 AM, Larry Fisher RPT wrote:

> I’ve always used round wooden toothpicks and wood glue for this Paul.
>
> I’m assuming you mean the major hinges for the entire lid assembly  
> and not the long half lid hinge.  If there’s only two hinges at this  
> point it won’t be long and you’ll need to add a third one  ....   so  
> that might be a good idea anyway at this point in time before the  
> lid is opened and scribes an arc across the bottom of it.  Last I  
> heard that’s not a widely accepted decoration idea.
>
> An additional damage reducer would be to add a lid alignment set  
> up  ........  for lack of proper terminology.  Some grands have a  
> thick pin mounted under the lid at the opposite end of the lid from  
> the hinges that lines up with the appropriate socket mounted on the  
> rim.  That would be a small expense to the school at this point in  
> time compared to the resulting losses later.
>
> I just spent a few minutes looking through the Schaff Catalog and I  
> didn’t see it in there.

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