<html> <body> I guess I'm having a senior moment, but I still don't know what a "lock bar" is. From all the responses, I guess everyone else does. :-( Avery At 12:14 PM 1/29/2007, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I looked in Merle Mason's book for his terminology of Jesse's "lock bar" and found:  Log (Baldwin, Schimmel), Lock Rail (Sohmer), Top Bar (Kimbell).    Wondering what Yamaha, Steinway call it? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA  94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@luther.edu> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: 1/29/2007 5:43:30 AM Subject: Re: Who can help me? >At 08:14 AM 1/29/2007 -0500, you wrote: >>I have a customer with a 1920's Steinway A, and the lock bar screws >>are loose - I need to put in slightly larger screws because the >>holes are a bit enlarged. I wrote down the dimensions of the >>existing screws the last time I tuned the piano, but lost the >>information -- I think they're somewhere around 2 1/2 inches long. >>Does anyone know how long the screws are and their diameter? >> >>Jesse Gitnik >>NYC >Repair the stript holes... >Longer screw will go through the lid, fatter screw probably won't fit >through log/bar, and neither will be easy to find or match the others, anyway. >Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician >Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 >1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 >- Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, >- Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.</blockquote></body> </html>