Hi,Marshall! Bench hinge screws are normally;Brass #5 or #6,3/4' long. You can plug the stripped screw hole with Shoemakers Pegs [hard rock maple,available from Schaff] and that will be a solid repair. Good Luck. Isaac B.S. On Oct 13, 2010, at 12:26 PM, Marshall Gisondi wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I wanted to know what size screws would I use for a piano bench > hinge for a Winter spinet. It's the brass plated bench with the > three screw holes on each side of the hinge. I could take the > existing screws out to see if the hard ware store can match them up > but thought to avoid having this old hinge strip out etc. I'd just > leave it alone. Thanks > Marshall > > Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician > Marshall's Piano Service > pianotune05 at hotmail.com > 215-510-9400 > www.phillytuner.com > Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind www.pianotuningschool.org > Vancouver, WA > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101013/446c1835/attachment-0001.htm>
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