Hi Phil. Unless someone come back with a precise response, although I'm not intimately familiar with a S&S leg, I've yanked apart a few uprights and have seen the lower part of the leg secured with dowels or screws. You may have to plan to bring your tilter with you to remove the caster and see what you have there. Better to have some sort of fastener to fix, because you should be able to remove the original, fix the hole and replace either the original or something better. If it is a dowel...... hmmmmmm....... maybe go in there with a long drill bit, drill it out and glue in a new dowel - possibly a larger diameter in necessary? Just speculating here. Terry Farrell PS: Hey, I don't have an pianos to tune these days :-( If it would help, I'd ride on down your way and take a look at it if you wish - seriously....... On Sep 15, 2009, at 7:33 AM, Phil Bondi wrote: > Hi all. > > I got a note from a rather new client a few days ago, and he > described a problem I have not seen before with one of the legs, so > I thought I would ask here. Here is the note he sent to me: > > > By the way, the right front leg of the piano has something wrong. > The top of the leg is attached securely to the body of the piano. > However the lower part of the leg has become loose - there must be > some bolt inside that has loosened, or so it seems. Whatever it is, > it is not accessible from the top, it has to be accessed from the > bottom of the leg, where the caster is. In case you are not > familiar with the construction of this Steinway leg, I thought you > might research it, so that we can discuss a plan of action when you > come. It is nothing urgent, but I think sooner or later it will have > to be fixed. > > > If you have any thoughts, I am listening. > > Thanks, > > -Phil Bondi(Fl
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