Brackets for bench repair?

[Isaac Sadigursky]

Hi,List!
Today I had visited Home Depo,Looking for those Kimball -type Bench
Brackets and only got strange looks.Also,visited 2 well stocked local
hardware stores-No Luck,Yet.! Another attempt was made to talk to Kimball
purchasing office-no results.I had ordered 3 different kind of brackets
from Woodworkers supply people and I will test them.
In the past 15 years I went through 5,ooo bench brackets ordered from
Kimball and most of the benches repaired with those brackets had survived
rugged school environment,they are great and simple to use. I wish other
bench makers will adopt that design and beef-up their benches,including
Artist ones.
I will keep you posted on progress.Meanwhile,I hope somebody from the List
will have more info how to get or manufacture those brackets. Thank you.
Isaac


> [Original Message]
> From: Jack Houweling <JackHouweling@dccnet.com>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 3/29/05 8:58:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Brackets for bench repair?
>
> 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
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > 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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