[pianotech] Upright Broken Backcheck Wire removal

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco at luther.edu
Wed Dec 3 10:50:52 PST 2008


pcpoulson at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Good Morning: Does anyone know of a good way of removing the broken off 
> stub of a backcheck wire from an upright wippen? The wire is broken off 
> below the top of the wippen, so no way to grab it and twist it out. The 
> hole for the wire is not drilled all the way through the wippen, so 
> driving it out doesn't seem possible.
> Thanks,
> Patrick C. Poulson
> Registered Piano Technician
> Piano Technicians Guild


Estimate where the wire WOULD go through and drill a small counter bore 
to meet the embedded wire. Then push through.

my .02


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Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician
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