Brackets for bench repair?

Hechler Family dahechler@charter.net
Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:41:30 -0600


Jack,

Home Depot may carry them but are they the same heavy gauge steel ?

Jack Houweling wrote:

>I live in Canada and Home Depot carries these brackets. Most hardware stores
>should carry them.
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>--Jack
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>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?
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>>Cy, et all,
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>>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
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>>Duaine
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>>Cy Shuster wrote:
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>>>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
>>Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ
>>Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
>>Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild
>>Reed Organ Society Member
>>St. Louis, MO 63034
>>(314) 838-5587
>>dahechler@charter.net
>>www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com
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Duaine Hechler
Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ
Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild
Reed Organ Society Member
St. Louis, MO 63034
(314) 838-5587
dahechler@charter.net
www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com


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