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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dude,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ecarwithen@yahoo.com =
href="mailto:ecarwithen@yahoo.com">Ed
Carwithen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Piano Tech List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 06, =
2005 11:27
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> screws</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV id=RTEContent>Short version...</DIV>
<DIV>I need 2 screws to fit a Hamilton grand piano leg. They =
need to be
2 inches in length and they are about... a #16 size. the local =
hardware
stores don't carry anything that will suit. Anything longer will =
immobilize the action. Anything thinner won't stay in the slot =
unless I
ream and plug which I prefer not to do. Schaff probably has =
them, but
they require a $20 order and I just got everything I needed =
recently. I
don't wish to pay $20 plus shipping for a 79 cent order. Anybody =
got a
couple?? </DIV>
<DIV> Please contact me off line..</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Longer version...</DIV>
<DIV>I was tuning said Hamilton Grand in a church last Tuesday. =
It was
butted up next to the organ. I thought to move it just a tad so =
as to be
able to tune the top octave more easily. It didn't feel =
right. I
looked underneath and the leg was leaning. Whoops!!! what is
this??? Got under the piano and saw that the right leg was not
attached. The piano was merely resting on the metal tab instead =
of in
the accompanying slot. As I looked up at that unattached leg it =
occured
to me that I was under a very heavy, unsecured object in =
a deserted
church on a Tuesday and Sunday services were a long way off. =
Later I
realized that the pedal lyre might have held up that corner long =
enough for me
to extract myself in the event of a major malfunction. At the =
moment
though my primary thought was that it would behoove me to get out of
there. A couple of hymn books on top of the bench managed to =
secure the
corner. But being unable to come up with replacements for the =
missing
screws I took one from the other side and got both legs at least =
tempporarily
secure. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Anybody got a couple spare 2" # 16 screws I can get ahold =
of??
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Ed Carwithen</DIV>
<DIV>P O Box 722</DIV>
<DIV>John Day, OR</DIV>
<DIV>97845</DIV>
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