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"Peter S. O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 22 Nov 1998 11:03:25 -0600
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Margaret et al,
 
Lutz B. sells brass capstan screws the right size made of brass.
Hubbard has some cheaper ones (price not quality) -- nickel plated
steel.
 
Pete
 
Ellsworth wrote:
 
> The capstan screws I like, and referred to, are little ones, which
> Zuckermann
> Hpschds used in the kits years ago before DJW got an attack of
> misguided
> authenticity with respect to them.  I still think that for
> institutional
> instruments and any others where the humidity etc are not controlled
> very well,
> they make things lots easier.  The piano size ones are way too large
> to fit in
> the space or in the ends of the little registers.  I have access to
> plenty of
> the big ones since I'm also a piano tech and have all the catalogs. I
> don't
> know where ZHI got the little ones, or where any of us could get them.
>
>         Best, Margaret
 
 
 
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Peter S. O'Donnell
Historic Keyboards
2779 Turkey Creek Lane, NE
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
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