drop action, action bracket screw removal

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Frank,
If you have a small gas torch with a soldering tip, try getting it very hot
and turn off the gas and applying to the head of the screw. Secondly try
tapping the screw, with a screwdriver in the slot,
using a light hammer or other tool.
Joe Goss
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> From: Frank Cahill <fcahill@erols.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: drop action, action bracket screw removal
> Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 1:07 PM
> 
> I was working on a Hamilton spinet today.  I needed to remove the
> drop-action.  Well...I couldn't budge any of the bracket screws that
> attached the bracket to the paino.  
> 
> Often, these screws are tough to get out, but I could not get even the
> slightest bit of movement on any of the screws.
> 
> I tried liquid wrench...no help.
> 
> I did not have s socket wrench with me, justs screwdrivers and a
> crescent wrench.  I didn't try too hard with the wrench, for fear of
> damaging the screw head.
> 
> I've never had this problem before....and I take lots of drop-actions
> out of pianos.  Any other ideas other than drilling?
> -- 
> 
> Frank Cahill
> Associate Member
> Northern Va