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  • 1.  Rubber Buttons

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-22-2019 16:04
    Any advice on where to buy all the different rubber buttons that go missing on University pianos?  There are so many different kinds and sizes...  Most of our pianos are Steinways and Bostons, and I have had some luck getting many of the different buttons through Steinway Parts Department, but not all.  And then we have a few pianos of other brands...

    Is there a resource where I can see a plethora of types of buttons and choose what I need?

    Thanks for your sage advice!

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    David Pritchard
    Lynchburg VA
    434-841-7735
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  • 2.  RE: Rubber Buttons

    Posted 11-22-2019 16:30
    I bought a kit of various sizes and types from Pianotek Supply.

    Best,
    Jim



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  • 3.  RE: Rubber Buttons

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-22-2019 16:37
    Best decision I made 30 years ago was to get to boxes of round head screws, flat head screws, rubber buttons, and hinge pins from Hale. I believe Schaff has similar.

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    Larry Messerly, RPT
    Bringing Harmony to Homes
    www.lacrossepianotuning.com
    ljmesserly@gmail.com
    928-899-7292
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  • 4.  RE: Rubber Buttons

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-23-2019 15:03
    Oval head and brass in one box also, from Schaff.

    A very robust collection of hinge pins has been extremely helpful over the years.

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    Susan Kline
    Philomath, Oregon
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  • 5.  RE: Rubber Buttons

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-22-2019 16:43
    I bought several different shapes,  colors,  & sizes like James describes from Schaff years ago. Still have some.

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    Maggie Jusiel
    Athens, WV
    (304)952-8615
    mags@timandmaggie.net
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  • 6.  RE: Rubber Buttons

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-23-2019 15:09
    Maggie, one never runs out of all of them, one only runs out of the useful sizes.

    I called this my "law of assortments" in a Journal article once. Unless periodic renewal is kept going, all assortments will gradually decline into uselessness. My plastic key slip screw box is getting close to that state now.

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    Susan Kline
    Philomath, Oregon
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