twist off a 506S tuning pin

[James Baker]

How did you remove the broken pin?

James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cliff Lesher" <lesher@jdweb.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: tuning hammer tip


>
> >
> > I'm tuning some Kawai 506S pianos now that have some pins sooo tight
that
> > I'm afraid they're going to shear off.  I guess there are a lot of tight
> > pins out there.
> >
> > James Baker
>
> James,
>
> I agree that 506Ses have some of the tightest pins out there, when new.  A
> month or two ago, I did twist off a 506S tuning pin.  Last week, I was
> tuning another, when I thought the same thing happened.  It didn't.  This
> time the tuning lever tip blew apart.  And it wasn't a thin-waller.
>
> On the plus side, I can still beat my kids at arm wrestling.
>
> Cliff Lesher
> Winfield, PA
>
>