This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Well, I guess I spoke too soon. I won the fight. In a nutshell....when = all else failes, get a bigger pair of vice grips. Anyway, I had filed = the 2 sides of the pin, hoping to get a wrench or tuning hammer on it. = I couldn't file straight and tapered enough to get it to work. I wanted = to use Vice Grips but due to the plate rise where the bass strings = terminate, I couldn't come in with a sideways bite. I opted for a bite = from the top. All it would do was bend them. I even added a wrench to = no avail. I then grabbed the pin from the sides with the vice grips, = raising them up just higher enough to clear the plate rise and I had = them on the absolute tightest setting that I could get it on. The pin = bent from torque but finally budged just a hair. Due to the other pins = and strings, I couldn't get it any further. Finally, I ended up = unstrung the bass section and removing all of my new pins...darnit. = This enabled me to turn the pin 360 degrees without changing bites. = It finally came out. =20 Well, I won the fight with only a few plate scratches from filing. I'll = have to cover them tomorrow. If the pin hadn't left the 1/4 inch = protruding above the plate, I don't know what I would have done. I = would think that anytime a pin breaks it will break at the hole, but = frankly, I've had only 1 break and cannot speak from much experience. = Hopefully, I'll never go down that road again. =20 My computer and digital camera aren't speaking to each other now or I'd = email some photos. I'll see if I can borrow one. This was a new = experience for me. =20 Ron Shiflet ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/06/5b/b7/2e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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