<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><base href="x-msg://176/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">In an emergency, the piano stool and some books can be a temporary support, while the screw is being searched for.<div>John Ross</div><div>Windsor, Nova Scotia<br><div><div>On 11-08-2012, at 7:49 PM, Marshall Gisondi <<a href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">pianotune05@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div dir="ltr"><font size="3" face="Arial">Hi Don,</font><br><font size="3" face="Arial">Thanks for the idea. I've actually thought about taking a screw from another leg, but was worried about supporting the piano. Unfortunately I don't have a saw horse to put under the key bed for support just in case it was needed. I never want to take chances. Tracing the screw may be a challenge. Taking it to a hardware store might be possible. I live right down the street from one, the kind you mentioned except no old guy smoking out back lol You mentioned leather in a screw hole. I've also heard of using copper winding from a bass string in a stripped hole. Have you heard of that technique? What type of leather should I buy? Are we talking about the buck skin that comes in that sheet that one can cut in strips? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><br><font size="3" face="Arial">Thanks again Don.</font><br><font size="3" face="Arial">Marshall</font><br><font size="3" face="Arial">215-510-9400</font><br><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.phillytuner.com">http://www.phillytuner.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>