Why not use the Monroe Bridge Pin Puller (or some variant) ;-] I'm with Terry, 3-4 mm seems like enough to get a pair of vice grips on, and for stubborn ones, make a puller like this one with a weighted slide. Works well on stubborn pins. William R. Monroe On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>wrote: > That'd work for sure! Good thinking! > > Terry Farrell > > > On Nov 2, 2010, at 5:16 PM, John Ashcraft wrote: > > I have some diagonal cutters which I've ground down so they cut center >> pins flush. I put a soundboard steel (or something flat, thin, and strong) >> on the bridge cap to protect it, then grip the bridge pins lightly with the >> cutters and use the heel of the cutters as a fulcrum to lever the pins out. >> --John Ashcraft >> > -- William R. Monroe, RPT A440-William R. Monroe Piano Services, Inc. 314 E. Church St. Belleville, WI 53508 608-215-3250 www.a440piano.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101102/6c1e4875/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_6439.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 168986 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101102/6c1e4875/attachment-0001.jpeg>
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