Brackets for bench repair?

[Jack Houweling]

I live in Canada and Home Depot carries these brackets. Most hardware stores
should carry them.

--Jack


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hechler Family" <dahechler@charter.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: Brackets for bench repair?


> Cy, et all,
>
> One night months ago, I spend hours searching the net to find the
> closest thing to what Kimball made and found these brackets to be the
> closest. They do not have the fingers on the edges but they are as heavy
> as Kimball's brackets.
>
> http://woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=892-687
>
> Duaine
>
> Cy Shuster wrote:
>
> > Speaking of metal benches has reminded my friend Isaac Sadigursky that
> > he routinely repairs benches by using Kimball's brackets, but he can't
> > find them anymore.  Is there anyone in Indiana near their factory who
> > might help find them?  He says Kimball is mainly making heavy-duty
> > office furniture these days, and they still use those brackets for
> > their desks.
> >
> > They have a bigger surface area, and so they bite into a fresh spot on
> > the rail.  This is a perfect solution for those irreplacable benches
> > that are custom-built to match a certain piano.
> >
> > Isaac says that Yamaha Japanese benches are built with those same
> > brackets, but again, he can't get them as replacement parts.
> >
> > Any ideas for sources?
> >
> > --Cy Shuster--
> > Bluefield, WV
>
>
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> Duaine Hechler
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