If the hole where the tube was is reparable you could replace that wood and then drill a fresh hole and insert a short brass tube available at hardware stores. I'm familiar with that design and there's a 10% chance that I have one of Baldwin's tubes in my shop. I'll check tomorrow. If I were doing that repair I'd probably try to fill the wood with Webb's wood rebuilder. I've had good success with that stuff. dave David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu<mailto:dporritt at smu.edu> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul Milesi Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:24 PM To: PTG CAUT List Subject: [CAUT] Repair of 1961 Baldwin L Music Desk I am in need of suggestions to effect a repair on a 1961 Baldwin L Music Desk. Each side of the upright desk portion has a little brass(?) tube inserted into the wood. These interface with a little tab on the bracket mounted on the desk frame. My problem is this: The desk in question has had the wood broken out on one side, and the little brass tube is missing. Another technician made a repair with epoxy at some point, leaving just a hole without the tubing, but it's not holding now. I've been to Home Depot looking for a similar brass tube I could cut, but couldn't find anything of the right diameter. It is my understanding that there is no place to obtain Baldwin parts, i.e., no tech support for Baldwin. Is that correct? I can't find any on the Gibson website, and the one dealer tech I called in NJ never returned my call. I don't have a large shop or a whole lot of woodworking experience/skill, but would like to effect a nice, clean repair - either one that follows the original design, or perhaps two hinges somehow that will permit the desk to open and close, as some pianos have. Myabe I could use a couple small hinges from Schaff? Would I have to chisel out to sink them? The piano case is not in great shape, so I'm not too, too worried about a fine finished appearance, but I always do "clean" work. All help appreciated! Thanks! Paul -- Paul Milesi, RPT Howard University Department of Music Washington, DC University: (202) 806-4565 Home: (202) 667-3136 Cell: (202) 246-3136 E-mail: paul at pmpiano.com Website: http://www.pmpiano.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091001/0eda07d6/attachment.htm>
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