Thank you VERY much for the advise! Terry Jack > Hi Terry (I like the name!). I just ran into that yesterday on a Baldwin > grand. Plugging with a dowel is great (best is with a plug). Be CAREFUL not > to drill too far ;-). Yesterday, I just jammed two thin pieces of walnut > veneer into the stripped hole, and broke them off to the depth of the hole. > I then removed them, sprayed the hole interior with CA accellerator, put a > bunch of thick CA glue on the two shims, jammed them into the hole and > screwed the rascal together. You can always break a screw free from CA, even > if it has not hardened before you put the screw in. If you are not > comfortable with that, spay some mold release on the screw and turn it in > for a minute until the glue sets. Works great, takes only two minutes, and > no extra tools. > > Terry Farrell > Piano Tuning & Service > Tampa, Florida > mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry L Jack" <tjack@pacinfo.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 11:21 PM > Subject: Prop stick - Yamaha G1 > > > > I have a client with a Yamaha G1. The screws that mount the propstick > hinge > > to the case have stripped out. Somewhere along the line someone has moved > > the hinge over a bit and drilled new holes. These holes are now stripping > > out also. Even if they were not, the alignment is way off and is putting > > everything in a bind. > > > > What is the best way to repair this? I was thinking about drilling out the > > damaged wood and gluing in a piece of doweling to provide solid wood to > > mount the hinge bracket. Thought I'd better take advantage of all the > > experience here before I get carried away. *grin* > > > > Thanks > > > > Terry Jack > > Asso Member > > Eugene, OR chapter > > > > >
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