<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Rick<div><br></div><div>The best repair is to cut 1/2" plugs with a good quality plug cutter then drill out the stripped screw holes with a 1/2" forstner bit.  Glue in the plugs and trim off the excess then mount the legs as usual and drill new holes into the plugged keybed.  By cutting plugs you get the grain orientation the same as the wood in the keybed.   If possible use the same type of wood for the plugs i.e. poplar for poplar, maple for maple, etc.  You will need the piano on its side to perform this operation.  </div><div><br></div><div>Second best repair is to cut strips of leather and glue them into the holes then re-install the leg screws.</div><div><br></div><div>Worst repair is to drill out the stripped holes and used dowels to plug.  You will end up with end grain for the screws to hold in which is not a good long term fix.</div><div><br></div><div>Norman Cantrell</div><div><br></div><div>As to the lost Steinway screws that is why I keep a box of large plate screws from old uprights that have been disassembled for salvage parts.  It is amazing how often cheek block screws and leg screws go missing.<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 11/23/12, richarducci@comcast.net <i><richarducci@comcast.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: richarducci@comcast.net <richarducci@comcast.net><br>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Steinway Lyre bolts...<br>To: "pianotech@ptg.org" <pianotech@ptg.org><br>Date: Friday, November 23, 2012, 7:22 AM<br><br><div id="yiv934383572"><div><div>Along the same lines, I have a Baldwin "m" with stripped leg bolts. What is the recommended procedure for repair?<br><br>Rick Ucci<div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://Uccipiano.com">Uccipiano.com</a></div><div>609-677-0444</div></div><div><br>On Nov 22, 2012, at 9:27 PM, Rob McCall <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:rob@mccallpiano.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=rob@mccallpiano.com">rob@mccallpiano.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Greetings,<div><br></div><div>I have a client with an 'M' that the movers lost the wood screws/ lag bolts for the pedal lyre.</div><div><br></div><div>I found an $8 screw in the Steinway catalog, but I'm really hoping not to spend that much on a dang screw...</div><div><br></div><div>In the catalog it says "screw - leg & lyre button/wedge 2-1/4".  I'm guessing that's the part?  So it sounds like it's 2-1/4" long.  Does anyone have the dimensions (diam., thread count, etc.) and a photo, if possible, so I can hopefully pick up a couple of screws at the hardware store.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br><div> <span class="yiv934383572Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Optima;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium;"><span class="yiv934383572Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Optima;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span class="yiv934383572Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Optima;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span class="yiv934383572Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Optima;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span class="yiv934383572Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Optima;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span class="yiv934383572Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Optima;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;orphans:2;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;">Regards,</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><br></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;">Rob McCall</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;"><br></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;">McCall Piano Service, LLC<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mccallpiano.com"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mccallpiano.com">www.mccallpiano.com</a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;">Murrieta, CA</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;">951-698-1875<br></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span> </div> <br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></td></tr></table>