----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Holley" <gholley@hi-techhousing.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 11:59 AM Subject: Damper Wire Screws > List. I am in need of a few (4) damper lifter wire screws for a > Starr 5' Grand, 1936. Have tried most local hardward stores, Ace, > Lowes, a couple speciality fastener suppliers, etc. and basically the > same results. Nothing!. > This screw is brass and screws into a brass barrel nut in the damper > lifter flange. Bob Davis - you'll remember this. The screw diameter > is .095, screw length is 8.732 mm, thread length is 7.144 mm. The > thread gauge is metric and neither I nor any store had a metric > thread gauge. > So hopefully with what I can give you may help, especially if someone > has an old action laying around. > What I have found is a .097 diameter screw, however the additional > .002 in diameter will not allow the screw to be threaded into the > barrel nut. > The screws for the newer actions, i.e. C. Walter Piano Co, grands, > won't work, too short and wrong dia. > Dave at Schaff is helping to look for this screw. > Any assistance on this search would be greatly appreciated. > Regards, Gordon Holley, Goshen, "Back Home Again In Indiana" Gordon, I know I got some but can't find them. They aren't where I thought, now I don't have a clue. I got them from Steinway a long time ago. Try this. Use another screw to pull the barrel out of enough lifters and then drill and tap for 4-40 threads. the diameter of a 4-40 screw is only about .110. Use the top or bottom four. And use a Phillips screw so it will be obvious to the next guy that it is non standard. I think that will work .Carl Meyer Assoc. PTG Santa Clara, California cmpiano@attbi.com Born and fetched up in se Indiana
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