Shoe Pegs (was Re: string seating - was bridge caps)

[Mark Story]

In the "small world" department: the family of a close friend of mine owns
the country's only mill in New Hampshire that makes shoe pegs. They've kept
me in good supply. They also sell the pegs as a polishing media in
mass-finishing machines. Be sure and examine the pegs before you leave with
them. Sometimes the pegs are forked at the end rather than pointed. Be sure
you get enough pointed ones to do your job. I've had to sort out as many as
1/3 as rejects at times.


Mark Story. RPT
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, Washington

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]  On Behalf
Of Avery Todd
Sent:	Sunday, April 15, 2001 8:04 AM
To:	pianotech@ptg.org
Subject:	Shoe Pegs (was Re: string seating - was bridge caps)

Jim, Terry, List,

Do you have a source for the shoe pegs? I like to plug the old backcheck
holes with these when repositioning backchecks. Thanks.

Avery

At 12:16 PM 04/12/01 -0400, you wrote:

>In a message dated 4/12/2001 7:35:38 AM, Terry wrote:
>
><<<<"2.) pegging pins rather than using oversized pins.">>>>
>
><<"What is that? Please provide brief explanation. Is that pulling the
bridge
>pin, plugging the hole with a hard maple shoe peg, redrilling, and
>installing new original sized bridge pin?">>
>
>Yes exactly.
>Jim Bryant (FL)