Dave; You might get a 12 volt transformer rated at about 3 amps and with two probes, connect to the top and bottom of the screw threads and hold for about 5 seconds and see if that will loosen them up. Increase time until it works. Carl Meyer Santa Clara Ca. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Trout" <btrout@desupernet.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 9:16 AM Subject: Re: pianotech-digest V2000 #984 > Hi Dave, > > You can probably get a new rail from Baldwin, or you could probably even > make one yourself. It's not exactly rocket science, and besides, it might > be faster than trying to fix the old one, especially if you have a shop > setup and are already familiar with makin' stuff. > > Something that came to mind, and I don't know if it would work or not... > > You could try strapping that there sucker to a Dampp-Chaser rod for a couple > of days and see if that would make any difference. ?? I forget if they're > in one piece or whether they're made in sections... Any possibility of > sticking the rail(s) in an oven on a low temperature setting? Just thinking > about what might shrink / dry out the wood. I would have thought that > heating the screws would work well enough, but evidently it'll take more > than trying to crush the wood. > > Good luck, > > Brian Trout > Quarryville, PA > btrout@desupernet.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Nereson" <dnereson@dimensional.com> > > > Does anyone know how to loosen up "frozen" (seized-up) regulating > screws -- > >
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