[pianotech] Acorn needed

[Isaac Sadigursky]

i'm waiting for a call.
I have about a dozen acorns saved from retired pianos.
Many old bolts,Nose bolts,etc. were made by Machine shops around piano  
factories and in those days machinists were recent immigrants from  
Europe.
They brought their own tool,dies and taps and all those threads were  
not exactly American and British  standart.
Many Agraffes had less then 36 threads per inch,etc.
Many of those bolts and screws were mixed and rebuilders can find  
those mix-ups in the same piano..
If no luck,may I suggest Changing or Re-Tapping the Nose Bolt??
good luck!
  Isaac
On Jan 30, 2012, at 8:48 PM, Delwin D Fandrich wrote:

> Or, per his suggestion, just call Isaac….
>
> ddf
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> Delwin D Fandrich
> Piano Design & Fabrication
> 6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA
> Phone  360.515.0119 — Cell  360.388.6525
> del at fandrichpiano.com — ddfandrich at gmail.com
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> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]  
> On Behalf Of John Ross
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 6:51 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Acorn needed
>
> In a situation like this, it might be worth while looking into the  
> feasibility, of having one turned down from brass, even just a brass  
> cap and paint the underside black.
> Or could it be replated with something other than chrome, like say  
> bronze.
> There must be other choices for plating, more in line with your  
> desire.
> John Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia
> On 30-01-2012, at 10:34 PM, Piano Boutique wrote:
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> Greetings list,
>
> To follow up on my search, I did write Steinway and got a very nice  
> reply.   Holly wrote me to say, first she has them and second they  
> are chrome.
>
> Now please let me know.   This is a 1861 Steinway square I am  
> rebuilding and everything of hardware is brass.  The plate is bronze  
> tone With the original art work.   Now the question:  do you think a  
> shiny chrome acorn nut would look good on there?
>
> Some how, I just think it should be brass like the hinges and such.   
> I wouldn't put nickel tuning pins on it.  If you have a suggestion,  
> I would be glad to hear it.
>
> William
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