[pianotech] screwed but good

[Dean May]

Even if it isn't square, you can lock on some vise grips. 

 

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Original message
From: "paul bruesch"  
To: tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net, pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 1/8/2009 6:20:33 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] screwed but good

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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