---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 04:12 PM 4/3/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Hi List > >Believe it or not after 15 years in the business, for the first time, I >have broken two action holding screws. They are the cheap kind put in the >Wurlizer Spinets about the size of a #8 wood screw but about 5 inches >long. I have heard other people talk about breaking them but forgot the >details. I've tried a few ways. One was to cut a slot in the end with a Dremel tool and remove with a screw driver. This way was time consuming. But when that failed on one, it lead me to a better extraction. Find a hex head bit a little smaller than the shank and pound it on, be careful not to damage the hex shaft end so you can get the handle or ratchet on it. Replace with a long screw :-) The local building supply store carries these long hex head screws for landscape ties. They are also good for reinforcing a crack in the case on the bass side of a grand. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@attbi.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6f/45/aa/46/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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