<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18702"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Isaac,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I did like Laura and Wim suggested and sent an e-mail to Steinway.   I have not ordered from them in 20 years so I might be out of the loop there.   If it doesn't work, I will try your suggestion and hope for the best.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">William</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=irs.pianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:irs.pianos@earthlink.net">Isaac Sadigursky</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:18 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Acorn wanted</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>hi, William! <DIV>If no luck with Steinway-call me</DIV> <DIV>APSCO used to sell them.</DIV> <DIV>Now Schaff has remains of those parts,unlisted in their catalog.</DIV> <DIV>Talk  to  Herb.</DIV> <DIV>If it fails-call me</DIV> <DIV>818-991-3672</DIV> <DIV>Isaac<BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Jan 26, 2012, at 6:12 AM, Piano Boutique wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV bgcolor="#ffffff"> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Does anyone out there have a brass acorn I can purchase.   It needs to be 1/4 and 20 threads per inch, brass.   I don't want to have to call Steinway because I am so small, they wont give me the time of day.   Thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>William</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>William Benjamin<BR>RPT<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A href="http://www.pianoboutique.com">www.pianoboutique.com</A><BR>piano tuner extraordinaire</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The tuner alone,<BR>Preserves the tone.</FONT></DIV></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>