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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=mortier@netreach.net =
href="mailto:mortier@netreach.net">Philip
Jamison</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> February 07, 2003 8:30 =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Dowel Source</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the replies on a source =
for 5/32"
dowels for reed organ repair. Player Piano Company had them, but they =
no
longer do. Schaff sells 3/16" dowels which are too big. Home Depot and =
hardware store sell sizes by 1/16" increments. Turning my own might be =
tough
to do accurately. Dowel making machines are available, I've =
discovered.
Stanley made one and Lee Valley Tools currently does. Unfortunately =
again,
1/4" is the smallest size. Maybe I'll just have to find a junker reed =
organ
and steal some!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Philip Jamison Pianos</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>West Chester, PA</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Try =
someplace
like:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" =
color=#000080> C.B.
Cummings<BR> P.O. Box 346<BR> =
Norway,
ME 04268</FONT></DIV>
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Phone: 207.743.6326<BR> Fax:
207.743.9702<BR> Email: <A
href="mailto:cummings@cbcummings.com">cummings@cbcummings.com</A></FONT=
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color=#000080>Or:</FONT></DIV>
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</FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000080>Chicago Dowel =
Co.,
Inc.<BR> 4700 W. Grand
Ave.<BR> Chicago, IL 60639<BR> =
Phone:
773.622.2000<BR> 800.333.6=
935<BR> Fax:
773.622.2047<BR> Email: <A
href="mailto:sales@chicagodowel.com">sales@chicagodowel.com</A></FONT><=
/FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>They both =
make both 1/8"
and 5/32" dowels in a variety of hardwoods (including maple). They also =
make
dowel pins (or glue pins) down to at least 3/16", perhaps smaller. Both =
are
commercial suppliers usually sell in rather large quantities -- we have =
ordered
dowel pins in multiples of 1,000 each quantities -- but if you give them =
the
proper sob story they might feel enough sorry for you to skim off just a =
few.</FONT></DIV>
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