Wooden sticker "buttons"

[bases-loaded@juno.com]

Clyde -

I would try drilling out the hole in the existing wood pieces with 1/8"
bit, glue some 1/8" dowel into the hole, trim flush, drill pilot hole for
the sticker wire and thread on.  Shouldn't take you but a couple minutes
on each one.

Mark Potter
bases-loaded@juno.com

On Wed, 31 Mar 1999 20:11:57 -0500 Clyde Hollinger <cedel@redrose.net>
writes:
>Friends,
>
>I hope someone can help me find these for a 1974 Winter spinet.  I 
>need
>at least a dozen of what I am calling sticker wire buttons to replace
>some that are stripped out. There is no rubber or plastic; these are
>made of wood, about 11/16" long.  The top 5/16" is wider than the 
>rest,
>and there is a small white felt punching glued to the bottom.  Each 
>one
>fits down into a hole at the end of the key, which of course also has 
>a
>slot to get the sticker wire through.
>
>The only thing Schaff has (page 84, part # 3781, type B lifter 
>buttons)
>really doesn't look like it will work.  I have never run into this
>problem before.  Can someone tell me where to get these, or, if they 
>are
>unavailable, what to use or do?  If some other supplier has them, 
>could
>you please give me all the information I would need to order them?  I
>would really like ones to match the others, but I guess any workable
>solution will be helpful.  Thanks!
>
>Clyde Hollinger, RPT
>Lititz, PA
>