[pianotech] screwed but good

[paul bruesch]

Tom,

Does your BIG screwdriver have a square shank? If so, you can put a wrench
on it for added leverage.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Tom Sivak <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> List
>
> This is an embarrassing question, but I'd guess I'd rather be embarrassed
> on the list, than in front of a client.
>
> What do you do when you can't take apart something because the screws are
> too tight?   This has happened to me on cheek block screws, lyre screws, and
> now, a pedal box.
>
> The piano is a Wurlitzer, a Chinese import, less than 10 years old.  The
> damper pedal is loose in its housing---it moves horizontally in addition to
> vertically---and the only way to repair it is to take the pedal box apart.
>
> There are four big brass Phillips-head screws on the bottom that I cannot
> get the screws to budge.  Not one of them.   They're brass screws in some
> kind of whitish metal---could be aluminum?  Not sure.
>
> In the past, I felt that part of the problem was "the right tool for the
> right job".  I didn't have any BIG screwsdrivers to take on the cheek block
> screws, or the lyre screws.
>
> So this time, I went and bought a BIG screwdriver in hopes of getting a
> better fit and a little more leverage, but no luck.  I tried putting a
> little Protek on the screws.  Nope.
>
> Any suggestions?  I'd hate to have to tell the client I couldn't fix the
> problem because I couldn't get the pedal box open.  He might kick sand in my
> face.
>
> Weakly,
>
> Tom Sivak
> Chicago
>
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