Thanks for asking Paul. Inquiring minds want to know! Any takers?! Joy! Elwood Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT Piano Technician/Technical Director Department of Music 145 Fine Arts Building The University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 38238 731/881-1852 FAX: 731/881-7415 HOME: 731/587-5700 ________________________________ From: paul bruesch [mailto:paul at bruesch.net] Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:10 PM To: l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net; pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Fixing stripped screws Any suggestions/recommendations for leather? Supply house buckskin? Hobby/craft store leather? Old shoes? Does it matter smooth side in or out, i.e. which side towards the screw? Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net> wrote: A friend suggested plugging a hole with leather which has glue on it. She said it's easy to turn the screw and it will "last forever"- though she is severely limited in the "forever" part......... les bartlett Reservations about the longevity of glue-soaked paper aside, if you stuff the hole full and then harden it, wouldn't you then have to create some kind of pilot hole? If you can just shove the screw in and start it, what does that say about the firmness of the repair? Kerry Kean Kent, Ohio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090328/cb1b70f9/attachment.html>
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