<!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 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi Wim,</DIV> <DIV>APSCO, did not sell the screw part of the business.</DIV> <DIV>It is probably under John Schadler & Sons, Inc.</DIV> <DIV>Schaff can supply you with the phone #, I seem to have misplaced it.</DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=Wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:52 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Brass Plate Screws</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 1/28/03 5:42:33 PM Central Standard Time, <A href="mailto:peep2@charter.net">peep2@charter.net</A> writes:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">List:<BR>Need brass plate screws for Vose Baby Grand. Two broke when I took plate off. Round head 4''long. Any <BR>suggestion of companies that handle this size screw in brass would be appreciated. Thanks Arthur<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Are you sure the screws were brass? Brass is rather soft, not well suited to hold down a plate. Perhaps these are steel screws with brass plating. APSCO, sells the big screws. But since they are now part of Schaff, you need to call them and ask if they still have them.<BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>