Wish List

• Piano Parts and Supplies
• Yamaha Parts
• Piano Tools
• Building Supplies
• Electrical
• Hand Tools, Non-Piano
• Pest control
• Power Tools and Accessories
• Safety Equipment
• Other Supplies
• Medical
• Computer (PC)
• Books
• Materials already donated

Anything on the Wish List which also has been donated and is waiting in New York City I have marked with an asterisk *. Where brands are specifically mentioned, but other varieties are readily available, I have put the other possibilities in [brackets.] I’ve also indicated possible mistakes or missing information in [brackets.]

When giving order numbers, please say which catalog they have come from. Send additions and alterations, or for more information, contact:

Susan Kline, <sckline@home.com> with copies to:

• "Benjamin Treuhaft" <blt@igc.org>,
• "Doshie Powers" <doshie@earthlink.net>,
• "Paul S. Larudee" <larudee@pacbell.net>

Thanks.
Susan Kline

Piano parts and supplies:

Action Parts:

• Steinway upright action parts, especially upright double flanges (no verdigris, please)

(ANY workable Steinway upright flanges, especially double flanges.)

[Steinway double flange is No. 6409? Is this a Schaff No.? There are also other good suppliers.]

• butt plates for brass rail actions

• grand rail prop nuts -- slotted grand rail prop nuts for replacement, Schaff No. 925

Case Hardware:

• Rubber buttons, all sorts and sizes

• hands off fallboard clamp, No. 812 [Schaff?]

• grand fall board hinges, brass, Schaff No. 1068

• upright lock keys (triangular)

• wood desk knobs (Schaff Nos. 361, 362, and 362 1/2, unfinished)

• rubber head nails, Schaff Nos. 355-1 (5/8"), 355-2 (1/2"), and No. 355-3 (3/8")

• self-adhesive rubber buttons, (Schaff?) No. 363-BR (brown) and No. 363-BK (black)

Casters:

• assorted casters

• casters for a dolly, Schaff No. 1904, set of 4, wheel diameter 3", height 4",

plate size 4 1/8" x 3 1/8"

Dampers:

• assorted old American damper levers and damper flanges

Cloth, Paper, Cord, and Felt:

• Action cloth in three thicknesses, for wippen heels and damper levers

• flange silk, silk cord for repair of grand jacks and wippens, Schaff No. 932

• damper flange cord, Schaff No. 512 1/2

• THIN key bushing cloth, the "thin" cloth from Pianotek is thinnest and most desired

• flange bushing cloth, Schaff No. 314 1/2X

• hitch pin punchings

Keys:

• ivory heads and tails

• key buttons, upright and grand

• molded keytop sets with fronts

• narrow cauls (.342" x .147" thick)

Hammers:

• unbored hammers, upright and grand *

Lubricants:

• Protek (CLP)

• Protek (MPL) 2 oz. [Schaff?] No. 1409

• Emralon or McLube

Pedals:

Stringing:

Yamaha parts:

• hammer butt assemblies, without brass plate, 1 1/8" long catcher and shank, for models U1, U3, old P2. No. 3802.

• butt flanges, for all models, No. 3809

• damper head assemblies, models U1, P2, complete with wood backing, No. 3821

• damper head assemblies, model U3, complete with wood backing, No. 3822

• damper lever flanges, without springs, for all models, No. 3808

• hammer shank flanges, aluminum rail type, No. 3906

• hammer shank flanges, wood rail type, No. 3905

• grand lock key, for all models, No. 3946

• wippen flanges, No. 3807

• upright action bolt nuts, No. 3862

• upright lock key, No. 3861

• upright pedal rod dowel tips (top and bottom) No. 3863 and No. 3864

• upright pedal rod dowel top caps (damper), No. 3866

• upright pedal rod dowel cap (soft), No. 3867

 Piano Tools:

Regulation:

Tuning:

• BASIC tuning kits for the new students (a couple ... doshie)

• "A" tuning forks (three or more)

• usable tuning hammers

• rubber mutes

• temperament strips

Other piano hand tools and equipment:

• 8" tweezers (five of them)

• felt knives

• plastic storage boxes, adjustable partitions, 6-18 compartments

• bridle strap inserters (both cork and spring clip types)

• 7-in-1 hole saw, Schaff catalog No. 294

Hardware:

Adhesives:

• 5-minute epoxy

• a large supply of low-viscosity CA glue (paul)

Building Supplies:

• water heaters, electric, 30 gallon

• 2 x 4’s

• 2 sheets of 4’ x 8 ‘ 3/4" plywood (plywood, sanded smooth on one side. AC Douglas Fir plywood)

• 4’ x 8’ 1/2" wallboard

• wood for shelving

• wood for repairs: maple, mahogany, sugar pine

• veneers

Clamps:

• Jorgensen bar clamps (12" and 15") or anything similar

Electrical:

• flourescent ceiling fixture and tubes (40 watt flourescent tubes)

• 15 amp grounding quiet switch

• wall plates, duplex and fourplex, ivory

• duplex receptacles, ivory, 270 V-JP

• residential switches

• steel city utility boxes, 4" x 2-1/8"

• straight blade plugs and connectors

Fasteners:

• 3/4 x 16 brads

• dry wall screws ( 1", 1-1/2", etc.)

• assortment of machine nuts and bolts and washer [and, no doubt, assorted lockwashers]

Finishing Supplies:

• shellac flakes

• small cans of varnish (satin and gloss)

• lacquer, black and brown

Hand Tools, Non-Piano:

• metric tap and die for Russian action nuts ( .8 mm, 4.5 mm. diameter,) and stock for making them

• 6" hacksaw blades (two of them)

• ONE grinding wheel dresser

• natural bristle paint brushes (various sizes)

Measuring Tools:

• metric micrometer

• metric tape measure

Pest Control:

• moth exterminator

• termite poison (the stuff dreams are made of ...)

• Thompson’s wood preservative

Power Tools and accessories:

• axial fans, 115V, 1600 RPM, height 3-1/8", width 3-1/8", depth 1-5/8"

direct drive blowers

• circular saw, 7-1/4" series 20 DeWalt

• wood drill bits: 1/8", 5/32", 11/64", 1/4", 19/64", 3/8"

• carbide tipped router bits: Roman ogee bits, cove bit, chamfer bit, beading bits with bearings, corver [?carver?] rounding bits

• for hand grinders: emery cut-off wheel No. 3W841; fiberglass cut-off wheel No. 3W842

• band saw blade, TE wood, length 93-1/2", width 5/8", 6 teeth per inch

• HV/LP paint sprayer:

manufacturer’s model HV 2002

motor: 115V, 10 amp

maximum air flow: 54 CFM

maximum pressure: 4 PSL

cup capacity: 1 quart

Safety Equipment:

• ear protection

• dust masks

Other Supplies:

• padlocks

• GOOD RAGS

• Sharpies (marker pens)

• rosin (pitchers bags or dancers blocks to kill the damp on stored wire) [would silica gel dessicant be useful, too? We sometimes find bags of it when we unpack new pianos, and it can be dried out in a barely warm oven now and then.]

• tooth picks

• rolls of brown paper for bass string patterns

• leather dye

• clip clothespins [are these the ones with springs in them? I find that they clamp split keybuttons very well when gluing them, except that they come in two sizes: the slightly longer ones (the 4-1/4") work a lot better than the samller ones (3-3/4"). --susan k.]

Medical: (for clinic at the ENA)

Equipment:

• Autoclave (sterilizer)

• Equipment to read blood pressure

• Otorrinolaringoscope

• Syringes to wash ears

• Scissors for cutting gauze

Medicines:

• antipiretics - to reduce fever

• analgesics - pain killers

• anti-inflammatories

• cough medicine

• cold medicine (like Contac)

• anti-diarrheal medicine

• anti-nausea medicine

• antacids

• oxygen peroxide [? hydrogen peroxide? H2O2, U.S.P.?]

• eye drops (liquid tears), ophthalmologic antibiotic drops and creams

• medicine to get rid of intestinal parasites

• fungicides for the hands and feet

• 1/2% hydrocortisone / other medicine to get rid of rashes and itchy skin

Medical Supplies:

• liquid disinfectant

• Gauze

• Sterile cotton

-- The doctors and nurse also need clothing and updated books on internal medicine in Spanish.

-- We also need to keep a medicine kit stocked for the taller. [taller = workshop]

Computer (PC):

Peripherals:

• CD ROM drive, 40X or more (for Gloria)

• Epsom Color 440 printer [other good, inexpensive color printers are out there, too. Whatever brand is acquired, a good supply of ink cassettes and ink refill kits will be needed as well. -- susan k.]

• Recordable CD-ROM, Type 74, 650 MB

• CDR Recordable Disk Drive [? This seems to be the same as the Recordable CD-ROM]

• HP ScanJet Scanner

Supplies:

micro floppy disk/double-sided 50 mfd-2hnd cfr [I assume this means standard double-density 3 1/4" floppy disks? or is there another smaller type?]

Books:

• Pierce Piano Atlas, 10th Edition, Schaff No. 1606

Materials already donated, in storage:

Waiting in NYC, by boxes: (dimensions in inches)

Waiting in NYC, sorted by type: [find full addresses of donors, with phone and FAX numbers, above in the list by boxes.]

Donated, not yet in New York