<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Schaff had the shoepegs, last year or the year before. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think they came from APSCO, who carried them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The APSCO number was 511723.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ask Schaff, they have a lot of stuff that is not in the catalogue.</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=jajones2@wisc.edu href="mailto:jajones2@wisc.edu">joel a. jones</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> Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Decapping the bridge - pegs</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Are these plugs called 'shoemakers pegs'. They are great for plugging holes & they were not pricey. <BR>It's been years ago and I can't remember where I bought them, but they must be available from<BR>woodcrafters etc. <BR><BR><BR><?bigger>Joel Jones, RPT<BR>Madison, WI<?/bigger><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>Let me add another question - are you lads and lassies plugging the old<BR>bridge pin holes left in the root, or leaving them? Particularly where you<BR>are leaving so much of the root, that would seem to be an important question<BR>here.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I plug them with little beech plugs that I got from a supplier long ago. They are about 1/8" square in section and pointed like the bottom of a fence post. I dip the point in glue and hammer them in, trimming them flush when the glue has dried.<BR><BR>JD<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>