A Hitch in a hitchpin

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I wrote: 
<< > hammer it up.  I wondering if anybody had tried this, or perhaps a

> gearpuller

> arrangement against the plate.

>  mmm.

 
And was told: 

> Find a piece of threaded rod 12" long that will replace the adjusting knob

> on a visegrip. Install a nut on the rod, thread it into the visegrip and >>

   Wow, genius like that I usually only see among the Cajun's engineering 
back home in La.  I am gonna take a look at some bolts, today.   The obsessive in 
me wants to think that the sliding weight can be perfectly aligned with the 
direction of the hole, etc.  but I suppose I can grind the nose of the grips to 
match  the pin.  
I'll let yall know what happens, next month, I guess. 
Thanks, 
Ed Foote RPT 
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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