[pianotech] screwed but good

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Start lifting weights? <G>

Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Sivak" <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net>
To: "pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 7:13 PM
Subject: [pianotech] screwed but good


> List
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> 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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