[pianotech] Steinway leather lid buttons

[David Love]

So those are wooden or leather discs?  And what is the leather exactly?

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Mike Spalding
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 5:18 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Steinway leather lid buttons

David,

It's not a sequence, but this one shot pretty much tells the whole story.
Spread hot hide on the rough side of the large thin disc, center it over a
hole with glue side up, place a small thick disc (rough side
up) on the glue, and push it down into the hole.  When the glue has dried,
eject the button and trim the edges.

Mike

On 9/12/2012 4:23 PM, David Love wrote:
> I'm finishing up the details of an unfinished finishing job on a 
> Steinway
> (grrrr) and need to make those leather lid buttons that go on the 
> underside of the lid to protect the rim.  Anyone have a handy photo 
> sequence of that process?  I don't usually engage in finishing at all 
> and so haven't ever had this particular challenge.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
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