Bridle Wire-Broken at Wippen

[John Ross]

Hi Gordon,
You could try grasping the wire with vice grips, and use your butt extractor
to pull it out.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Holley" <gholley@hi-techhousing.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: Bridle Wire-Broken at Wippen


> Thanks John.  That works on getting the broken stub out of the
> wippen.
> I suppose I should forget about trying to extract an old bridle wire
> from an old wippen to use.  What do you think?.
> regards, Gordon Holley
>
> On 17 Jun 2003 at 16:33, John Ross wrote:
>
> > 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
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