Hi, David, Quoting David Love <davidlovepianos@comcast.net>: > I've got a university piano, S&S O, c 1910 and the rear leg has > disappeared. Don't ask. Apparently it was broken while someone in a > drunken stupor tried to roll the piano across the carpet and in their > embarrassment, they threw out the leg!!! Better than the piano, I > guess. Depends...is it insured?...for replacement, that is? > So I have to replace it. Question is, is it likely that the > plate of a replacement will match the plate of the original, not to > mention the height, thickness, screw hole position or anything else that > might cause me to have to do more than just put it on. No, well, ok, slim chance that this will be simple replacement. You'll have to (at minimum) replace the leg plates, too; they are never matched properly unless you do...which may well mean plugging and redrilling the wood plate in the instrument. The newer plates are also (usually) thicker than the ones from that period, so, something is probably going to have to be relieved. Deck height on these plates is crucial to getting the leg itself to sit squarely butted against the bottom of the instrument. Matching the style could be interesting. Paul Fleischer (in L.A.) used to do custom building of things like this, but I do not know if he is still in business or not. There are probably others who are doing it now. You may be able to find a used leg someplace. I think there was a thread recently about the number of legs/lyers/etc that moving companies someone wind up having...As I think of it, a company like Keyboard Carriage might have contacts for new-making of a leg (in appropriate style). Of course, you can always use this as a way to get them to install all new legs...(just kidding, really). > (Stanford, no > less, and I thought these people were supposed to be bright) Please.... So, when did you start doing Stanford? Best. Horace
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