2 or 4 big upright plate lag bolts wanted, will pay $$$!!!

[Prof. Euphonious Thump]

Well, I thought about that.......
     The only way I'd put a bolt-through would be with
a great, big washer on the back ( like, 4"diameter,
with about 3/16' thickness, at least ) because I've
seen too many pianos where the washer gets sucked into
the wood on the back.
     Better yet, as someone here suggested, would be a
hefty piece of angle steel ( like, 4" legs and 3/16"
or 1/4" thick, going all across the back of the piano,
with "wings", even, extending across the sides where
they meet the back). Make it out of "carbon steel" and
run your bolts through that---best solution I've heard
of, yet!

 
--- Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> Why would you want to put a screw in there - why not
> through-bolt it? You 
> can put a nice shiny acorn nut on it and it will
> look real nice - and it 
> will be oddles stronger.
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Prof. Euphonious Thump" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:39 PM
> Subject: 2 or 4 big upright plate lag bolts wanted,
> will pay $$$!!!
> 
> 
> > Howdy,
> >  A LOT of CA was used on this Ivers and Pond a
> couple
> > of years before the customer decided to have it
> > rebuilt, and the big plate lag bolts at the upper
> end
> > of the plate got "glued in" so tightly, that they
> BENT
> > when unscrewing them!!!
> > ( Let that be a  warning to y'all!!! )
> >  I'm now, therefore, looking for at least 2 of
> these:
> > 1/2" diameter shank, and 5" length from underside
> of
> > head to tip, preferably with a nice domed top and
> in
> > good nickel-plated condition. ( So I don't have to
> > have them replated )
> >     4, though, from the same piano, would be
> better,
> > so I know they all match.
> >     What I'm willing to pay will depend on
> condition.
> > ( And how nice you are. )
> > Thump
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