Bridle Wire-Broken at Wippen

[John Ross]

Hi Gordon,
Drill carefully from below, and push it through the hole. 
Regards
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Holley" <gholley@hi-techhousing.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 4:23 PM
Subject: Bridle Wire-Broken at Wippen


> Hello List
> Have Vose & Sons Upright, SN 35072, circa 1895/96, with a bridle wire 
> broken off at the point below where it inserts into the wippen. Other 
> than that this oldie is beautiful. Can't dig it out.  Tried to pull 
> out a couple bridle wires from old wippens I had and they also broke 
> off on the wippen.
> Was going to use these to insert into the wippen with a new drilled 
> hole.  Is there a technique/trick to getting an old bridle wire out 
> of a wippen for re-use?
> Yes, I know, I'll need to order a dozen to have on hand for the 
> future.
> Regards, Gordon Holley
> Goshen, IN
> Associate, Indiana chapter 467
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