Screw Me

[busterb]

If it screws into metal get Loc-tite

[SteveDallas]

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

What about the manufacturer/artist that made the cello? Is there any way to contact them and see if they have any spares?

A long time ago, in a Germany far far away . . . .

Originally Posted by classicman

Any chance its just the threads that are off & not the actual diameter of the screw? Perhaps a metric size might work. What type of material is it going into - brass, steel, wood...?
You may be able to tap out a slightly larger diameter and use a standard sized screw.

It's brass, and I believe it is indeed the threads. My experiments with metric screws were unsuccessful.

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Is the intent to preserve the instrument so as to maintain its worth, or is the intent to make it securely tunable and playable, no matter what has to be done? . . . .
Was this an older instrument or was it bought new?

The intent is to get my daughter back to practicing again! The cello is on loan from her teacher, so we want to keep it close to the original. This screw screws into metal.. the metal plate assembly that it screws into is attached to the wood. In my non-professional opinion refitting it for pegs would probably cost as much as a good student instrument.

Originally Posted by busterb

If it screws into metal get Loc-tite

It's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure it could be done and still let the gears turn.

Here's what it looks like.

[Undertoad]

Here's what it looks like.

Ya know.. what's the reason for the curly-Q at the end? Tradition? No modern instruments have that, the headstock is just a design to be trademarked and sued over.

[SteveDallas]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Ya know.. what's the reason for the curly-Q at the end? Tradition? No modern instruments have that, the headstock is just a design to be trademarked and sued over.

Just traditional as far as I know... even modern students cellos, violins, etc. have scrolls like that.

Update: we found the screw when sweeping up. (Obviously, it eluded us when we were actually looking for it.) Now we are still missing one of the gears... I know I put them both together. It's here somewhere......