Steinway plate bolts

[Frank Weston]

I've never seen square rim bolts, and one would have to question why anyone
would ever need to replace hex head rim bolts with square.  I have seen hex
Steinway rim bolts that were pretty irregular - the distance between flats
varied almost a 1/16 of an inch depending on which two flats were used. 
Maybe someone at Steinway had a bad day getting the hex flats even and just
decided to file the heads square.

Frank Weston

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> From: BobDavis88@aol.com
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Steinway plate bolts
> Date: Friday, February 13, 1998 3:07 PM
> 
> Just looked at a 1919 "O" which had square-headed rim bolts. I don't
remember
> seeing anything but hex-headed ones. This piano had been worked on by
someone
> who appeared to have very little experience. Anybody seen square-headed
ones?
> I'm wondering if these are not original.
> 
> Bob Davis