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  • 1.  Missing Lid Hinge

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 03-03-2024 19:45
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    Can a missing lid hinge be duplicated by a 3-D printer if there is still one matching lid hinge?

    Estonia cannot replace the missing lid hinge.

    Photo attached.

    Ashley



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    Ashley Turner
    Ashburn, VA
    703-657-9404
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  • 2.  RE: Missing Lid Hinge

    Member
    Posted 03-03-2024 20:04

    You might try talking with Mark Purney at Supply 88 who is making action brackets for Young Changs. You might also want to find someone using water jet lasers to make metal parts. I will ask a guy here who has a shop with industrial grade equipment. Maybe there are hinges from Yamaha that will work but require some routing out of the lid. What happened to the other hinge ?



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    James Kelly
    Owner- Fur Elise Piano Service
    Pawleys Island SC
    (843) 325-4357
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  • 3.  RE: Missing Lid Hinge

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 03-04-2024 07:55

    Ashley

    Is the hinge completely missing or only half of it?  I have made a few from scratch for vintage pianos, so it can be done.

    Norman 



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    Norman Cantrell
    Owner
    Piano Clinic
    Oklahoma
    580-695-5089
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  • 4.  RE: Missing Lid Hinge

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 03-04-2024 08:50

    Go to a machinist job shop.  Have them do a digital scan of the existing part. Then use the digital twin to fabricate a new part.  Or go

    to protolabs.com



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    Parker Leigh RPT
    Winchester VA
    (540) 722-3865
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