I had some issues with this recently as well. I ended up removing a screw from the rail and vice-gripping the eyelet and then, by hand, pre-thread each one on this removed screw. I had much better control with having it off the rail and being able to gently turn both the screw and the button. Then I put them each onto their own screw on the rail. I also found that some of the buttons I had, had holes with a trace of glue in them. These I had to drill out to get it to thread at all. Unless there is terrible damage to the buttons, I prefer to remove the felt with a knife and a little wall paper remover if needed and then glue on a new set of fresh felt. Shawn -- Shawn Hansen RPT certified piano technician 816.896.4047 On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Paul Milesi, RPT <paul at pmpiano.com> wrote: > I just installed a set of new let-off buttons on the 1970 Steinway D I'm > working on at the school, using original screws. How the heck do you get > the buttons to thread straight, so that the buttons don't "wobble" when you > turn the screw? Although not all the screws were perfectly straight, I > don't feel that was the main issue. I backed out the screws and held the > button against the rail while turning screws, but still had a tough time > getting them level. I feel like I did a terrible job on this, but had to > get them on and get the piano to "play" for a piano faculty demo of sorts. > > Unhappy with my own work on this one. How can I do better next time? > What's the secret? > -- > Paul Milesi, RPT > Staff Piano Technician > Howard University Department of Music > Washington, DC > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100823/4a966337/attachment.htm>
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