Now Ron, I'm known for being a little slow. I can easily see how you use a toothpick because you stick some glue on it and insert it in the hole. It goes on one side of the hole and closes up the hole some. Now with leather do you cut a thin strip like a toothpick, put glue on it and insert it? Do you make a funnel with the glue on the outside and slip it in the hole? Just how does one make this repair? See, I am slow....but I do get there! Best personal regards! 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 -----Original Message----- From: Ron Nossaman [mailto:rnossaman at cox.net] Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 4:06 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Fixing stripped screws paul bruesch wrote: > 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 Any of the above. Something a little on the stiff side will prove to be easier to poke in the hole than something soft, but it'll all work. The old toothpick repairs work well too, but leather is better. Both require glue. Ron N
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