Re: I need bell neck screws for my Monster.


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Posted by Joe S. on July 15, 2000 at 17:41:52:

In Reply to: I need bell neck screws for my Monster. posted by Kevin Eckelkamp on July 15, 2000 at 16:36:28:

Kevin, go to a good hardware store and buy the cheapest machine bolt (ANY style) that they sell with this thread size: 1/4 X 20.

If that bolt screws perfectly into your bell screw flanges, you will know that CONN 20K screws will fit your instrument, and they are quite available.

(I WOULD have suggested borrowing a sousaphone and checking to see if the screws fit, but I thought about it and decided that a quick and inexpensive trip to the hardware store would be far less trouble.)

If you don't mind having attention drawn to yourself (and I would guess that you don't ;^), you can simply drag the sousa body into the hardware store, try the 1/4 X 20 first, and if it DOESN'T fit try other sizes until you find the correct size thread. When you report back to us what your thread size is, we can let you know which brand of "modern" bell screw will fit it...

...Try the 1/4 X 20 first.



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