[pianotech] Upright Broken Backcheck Wire removal

[John Ross]

I bought mine from Pianotek.
They have two sizes,  1/4" part #BSE-1 and 3/8" part #BSE-2.
I  don't have a recent price list, so can't give a price.
Their e-mail is service at pianoteksupply.com 
John Ross

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spalding" <mike.spalding1 at verizon.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Upright Broken Backcheck Wire removal


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


John M.Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.