<HEAD> <STYLE>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=compText> Talk about synchronicity!  Same thing here, changing old pitted nickel hardware to brass on an old 'M' that's being refinished. S&S says they no longer make locking lids and therefore have no lock plates to sell.  Yea, right.  Lock assembly from big supply house too big.  So.... Tried matching the lock plates to any of our pianos, and the M&H 'A'  plates look to be the same, at least from the outside (3 3/16 X 5/8, with the barrel depth of 4 1/4").  So, tomorrow I'll see if  new ones can be purchased from Haverhill (provided they are still the same size as they were in 1922.)  Otherwise, please put me on the list after Jon, o' collectors of old or new hardware.             Chuck Christus <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- From: Jon Page <JONPAGE@COMCAST.NET> Sent: Nov 16, 2007 12:40 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: S&S Lock plates I'm working on an M which I asked the refinisher to fill and veneer over the lock mortises (and didn't) because I'm changing the hardware from nickel to brass (the locks are no longer made). Does anyone have brass lid and stretcher locking mechanisms to sell? Regards, Jon Page </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>