Old Style Leather Buttons

[Paul Chick]

Thanks Al

Paul C

 

Subject: RE: Old Style Leather Buttons

 


A search in the archives turned up this information:

https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/1998-January/000333.html

We do this on the Steinway Player Grands, and any others that use the
leather buttons, and they look just like they left the factory.

Al, the Player Piano Guy
Chesapeake, Va

--- On Wed, 6/25/08, Paul Chick <tune4u at fmwildblue.com> wrote:

From: Paul Chick <tune4u at fmwildblue.com>
Subject: RE: Old Style Leather Buttons
To: ilvey at sbcglobal.net, "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 9:36 PM

 

 

RE: Old Style Leather Buttons

Paul,

If you have an old one, I'd imagine you could punch the same diameter with
shoe leather and glue it into the existing hole?   What is special about the
holes?   

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA 94044

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List members:

A client wants the original leather buttons installed on his ebony grand.
They are glued into a specially shaped hole in the lid, etc.  Wasn't there
an article in the PTJ about how to make/replace these bumpers.  Some of them
were lost in the veneer repair stages.  I usually fill the old holes and use
a stem bumper that's available through supply houses.  But he wants to stay
as original as possible.  Right now, all I have is  modified spade bits for
the convex and concave profiles to form the holes.

Paul C

 

The shape that remains in the "bumper places," have crowned center with the
edge recessed into the wood, I'm guessing the enhance the "crown" shape of
the bumper.

Paul C

 

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