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Piano Stool

03/28/2011 8:06 AM

Can any-one help me out with where i may be able to obtain a "Brass Thread" that goes into the top of a swivel type piano stool?

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Re: Piano Stool

03/28/2011 8:24 AM

Well, the first/best option is to locate another stool for sale somewhere (eBay?).

Another option is to buy a threaded rod from McMaster-Carr or a similar place.

If you need to have a new part made, then I would talk to either a high school that has a machine shop or a trade school and see if you can have them make one for you as a school project.

The last option would be to befriend a home machinist that is looking for something to do.

The very last option is to contract a shop to make one, but you better be sitting down for sticker shock. If the price of brass does not shake you, the cost per hour of shop time will!
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03/28/2011 5:19 PM

Thanks for your input--I have tried a couple of these options

It's the "female" part of the thread I need and is more difficult to make than the Threaded rod.

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03/28/2011 9:16 AM

I suppose there is more than one way to go about this, but mostly I have seen an Acme threaded steel rod mounted to the swiveling seat, engaging a brass nut mounted in the stationary frame. I agree that McMaster-Carr is a likely source.

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03/28/2011 11:51 PM

Lee Valley Piano Stool Hardware
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03/29/2011 12:02 AM

Looks like that is just what I need--how to I go about obtaining it ???

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03/29/2011 12:09 AM

I'd click this to start:

Lee Valley Tools.

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03/29/2011 12:23 AM

You're a "GEM" Lyn.

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03/29/2011 12:31 AM

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03/29/2011 12:30 AM

Good solve, start to finish Lyn - tough choice - so GA to both

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03/29/2011 12:46 AM

Blind hogs, you know..........................

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03/29/2011 4:19 AM

A GA is a Ga Lyn - but don't think for a second I've forgotten the "butt out!"

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