The screws in old pianos are far better than new stuff! Just pick them up. Far heavier than new, equal size. Much stronger, too. Screws like this can no longer be bought at your local hardware store. --- Jon Page <jonpage@attbi.com> wrote: > The keys are great stock to make plugs for filling > the holes left by > removing lead. > > Measure the overall keyboard width. If the sides of > the keysticks are not worn > they are potential key onlays for restoring another > keyboard. Plane the > top and > slice off the top to a suitable thickness, the rest > of the key is for plugs. > > As far as removing every nut and bolt, it's not > worth the effort. Grab a > few. How many do you really need. > > The letoff rails make nice grand damper racks when > the screws are removed > and the holes enlarged. > > The keyslip makes a nice straightedge or hammer > support for voicing. > > The lid and bottom panel can be used as portable > work surfaces for keys or > parts. > Regards, > > Jon Page, piano technician > Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. > mailto:jonpage@attbi.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________________________ Yahoo! - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute
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