<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Pascal,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Get a wood screw or bolt of the same thread, cut a washer in half, and have it brazed in the slot. To make it look good, file the ends round, and paint it black.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=hgreeley@stanford.edu href="mailto:hgreeley@stanford.edu">Horace Greeley</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 23, 2005 5:23 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Steinway D 1923 - Feet brackets (Pascal MANSY)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR>Hi, Jurgen,<BR><BR>At 01:19 PM 7/23/2005, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Pascal - I could possibly source them in Europe for you.  I assume these have a wood screw thread.  What is the shank diameter and screw length??</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I've seen them with both wood screw thread and with an inset receiver which had been tapped for machine threads.  Probably the former is used more often.<BR><BR>Best.<BR><BR>Horace<BR><BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Jurgen Goering<BR><A href="http://www.pianofortesupply.com">www.pianofortesupply.com</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>At 11:09 AM 7/21/05, you wrote:<BR>>On the older steinways, the feet were attached with 2 screws + 1 big <BR>>"butterfly screw" for lateral stability. During moving, 2 of those <BR>>"butterfly" screws were lost as well as one of the metal brackets <BR>>holding those screws. Steinway no longer manufactures those parts. <BR>>Does anybody knows where I could find them, or does anybody knows a <BR>>shop that could make them?<BR>><BR>>Thanks!<BR>><BR>>PM<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>