Drilling into Polyester - retry

[Gene Nelson]

Conrad,
Thanks for the pics. My appology for the terminology error, I am talking 
rear support bracket (it is a hinge as well). About 9" long by 1" wide, 
stands relatively veritcle and it folds back onto itself to allow the music 
rack to lay flat or to be supported by it.
I see some SS with it and some without. Do not have any idea about years and 
models. I may have a problem adapting this bracket to a music rack that was 
never designed for one.
Gene

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:28 AM
Subject: Re: Drilling into Polyester - retry


>
> OOPS!
> Hit on the wrong 003S the first time, sorry...
> ch
>
>
> At 06:06 PM 11/13/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>>Hello Terry,
>>Thank you for the advice.
>>The piano is a 1913 SS-M that was rebuilt in Poland.
>>The poly finish happened there.
>>It is a very new finish and looks ok but not the best - no signs of
>>separation that I can see.
>>The music desk is of the SS type that never had a hinge I believe (not
>>certain) just the bumpers. It is possible that the rebuilders did not
>>reinstall an existing hinge and covered up the holes - I have no way of
>>knowing.
>>As the owner is a teacher she loads the desk up fairly heavy with music
>>books etc. She not only wants one hinge - she wants two. I cannot talk her
>>out of it.
>>Gene
>
> Gene,
>
> I'm not sure I know what you mean about never having had a hinge, do you
> mean a rear support bracket? This 1930s M never had them either.
>
> Here's what I did to a practice room S&S piano which is frequently ridden
> hard and put away wet. The little original hinges and their screws pulled
> out quite well, so I used a couple of sections of recycled lid hinge.
> (about 12" each) I had to chisel out a relief for them and I used old,
> longer screws, so it ain't the prettiest, but it _is_ holding up to the 
> abuse.
>
> Here are a couple of pictures showing the ugly underside (you can see 
> where
> one of the original small hinges had been) and the top view where the
> repair is fairly unobtrusive.
>
>


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> Conrad Hoffsommer
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