Terry, In those pictures wasn't that oak I saw? Do you really think that those new screw holes will pull out? If you used a good hardwood I'd be inclined to just put traditional screws back in. I'm sure they'll hold just fine. Usually the times I see stripped screws is in a softwood keybed with really lack lustre wood in the first place. You're not putting the same thing back so the same thing isn't likely to happen. Greg Farrell wrote: > I just replaced a keybed in an old Knabe grand. The old screws for the cast > iron leg plate had pulled out several times. I see so many weak legs on old > pianos. This piano gets moved around quite a bit in the hospital lobby where > it is located (it will be placed on a new piano truck). Still though, I was > thinking that it would be of benefit to make a stronger attachment for the > leg plate. I was thinking of using threaded (steel or brass) wood inserts. > Perhaps epoxy the insert in, and then the plate would be attached with > flat-head stove bolts. Has anyone come up with an improvement over wood > screws in this area? > > Terry Farrell -- Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté 12970 Harlon Ave. Lakewood, Ohio 44107 216-226-3791 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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