Leg Plate Screw Anchors

[Farrell]

I wish I had thought of that before I glued the keybed in.  :-(

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 12:36 AM
Subject: Re: Leg Plate Screw Anchors


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: June 12, 2001 8:34 PM
> Subject: Leg Plate Screw Anchors
>
>
> > 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
> > -------------------------------------------
>
> T-nuts coming down from the top of the keybed.
>
> -- ddf
>