<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3020" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV>Or pipe cleaners + glue.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Paul McCloud</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jimjohns46@verizon.net href="mailto:jimjohns46@verizon.net">Jim Johnson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 01/29/2007 6:59:17 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Who can help me?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>or tooth picks are great also</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=john@formsmapiano.com href="mailto:john@formsmapiano.com">John M. Formsma</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 29, 2007 8:40 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Who can help me?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Why not repair the holes with shoe pegs or other similar strip of wood? Sometimes I don't want to go look for a shoe peg, so I slice off some wood from a hammer shank. Works fine with a bit of glue.<BR><BR>JF<BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com">PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com</A> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=midcd6.7bf16f0.32ef4d36@aol.com type="cite"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>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?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik</DIV> <DIV>NYC</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.12/655 - Release Date: 1/28/2007 1:12 PM<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>