<!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 6.00.2800.1522" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Tom,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is no bolt depot where Ed = lives.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed, I have some at the store but need = to get a better reading on the size. Could you mike the shank right where the = thickest part is? </FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <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=tomtuner@verizon.net = href="mailto:tomtuner@verizon.net">TOM DRISCOLL</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> Tuesday, December 06, = 2005 9:35 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: screws</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dude,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    The bolt depot = !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    This link was in a = recent journal.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom = Driscoll</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    <A = href="http://www.boltdepot.com/">http://www.boltdepot.com/</A></FONT></= 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=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> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> <B>Yahoo! Personals</B><BR>Skip the bars and set-ups and <A = href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36107/*http://personals.yahoo.com/us= /reg/free7days ">start using Yahoo! Personals for = free</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>