<DIV>It's a screw that can be turned by hand. They have a big metal piece that you can turn by hand instead of using a screw driver. Avery Todd <avery1@houston.rr.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">PM (whoever you are), I've never heard of "butterfly screws" on a Steinway. What are they? Avery At 11:09 AM 7/21/05, you wrote: >On the older steinways, the feet were attached with 2 screws + 1 big >"butterfly screw" for lateral stability. During moving, 2 of those >"butterfly" screws were lost as well as one of the metal brackets >holding those screws. Steinway no longer manufactures those parts. >Does anybody knows where I could find them, or does anybody knows a >shop that could make them? > >Thanks! > >PM _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>