[CAUT] Yamaha grand screws too short?

[maxpiano]

A belated thanks, Don, for the advice on taking a longer screw and trimming 
it on a grinder.

My query took so long to come through I assumed I had been ignored.  I 
called Yamaha for advice and was told the screws were long enough.  Plug and 
redrill.

As proof that the screws were long enough, the technician suggested that I 
hold the lid lock bar up to the end of the lid.  He said that would show 
that the screws go more than halfway through.  I tried it, and sure enough. 
The screws did go more than halfway through... the tapered edge, which 
itself was only half as thick as the lid.

Jeff Tanner offered me some 3" flathead screws he found in his shop, and if 
the originals don't hold with the leather I glued into the holes,  I'm going 
to trim and use!  Thanks for all the advice that came suddenly when PTG 
released my query!

Bill Maxim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Mannino" <DMannino at kawaius.com>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Yamaha grand screws too short?


Maxim,

Have any good hardware stores in town?  Buying screws is a pretty basic
activity. . .

If the next size screw is too long, trim the tip on a grinder to keep it
from bulging the finish on the top side of the lid.

It's usually called a lid lock bar, or a lid stiffening bar.

Don Mannino

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
maxpiano
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 5:54 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: [CAUT] Yamaha grand screws too short?

A church I serve has had the piece that holds the lock to the lid on
their Yamaha C7 pull loose.  (I know, I know--after 50+ years tuning, I
should know the name of the piece.  The book on nomenclature is next on
my list to get).  I have never run up against this before.  But the
screws (2 7/16"
flat head brass--#12?) do not protrude much into the lid and I'm
wondering how well my standard fix for stripped screw holes (leather
lining the hole) will hold unless I can find a slightly longer screw.
Is any such screw available -- perhaps 1/8" longer?  I fear the point
pricking the finish of the other side if I go too long.

Bill Maxim



Maxim