Much simpler and cheaper to replace the entire whippen. If that is not feasible, you could just drill a hole for another backcheck and wire nearby and bend the wire to check correctly. On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Mike Spalding <mike.spalding1 at verizon.net>wrote: > Patrick, > > I've never been faced with this particular problem, but I have a tool that > I think could do the job. It's sold as a broken screw remover. It looks > like a miniature hole saw. It's a steel tube 1/4" diameter by 2" long, with > sawteeth ground in the end. All you need is a reversing drill (the teeth > are set for reverse rotation). And you'll have to plug the hole, then drill > for the replacement backcheck wire. > http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=983 > good luck > > Mike > > > 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 >> > > -- Regards, Jeff Deutschle Please address replies to the List. Do not E-mail me privately. Thank You. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081203/f5965722/attachment.html>
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