[pianotech] leather injectors

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Wed Oct 28 21:59:49 MDT 2009


Jon Page wrote:
> Nice tools Ron. What also works is to cut a strip of leather
> and insert it with a wire pressed at the fold. It also helps to
> taper the strip at the folded end to fit the hole and screw end.
> Swab the hole with glue and push in the folded strip. Leave
> the protruding ends longer to hold while installing the screw
> to set the threads. Trim the ends.

Thanks. There's putting the leather into the base part without 
the part that's being screwed to it, and there's putting in 
the leather when the two parts are already together - where 
you can't trim the ends. This approach works in both cases.
Ron N


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