stripped pin

[David Renaud]

Can you get at the tip with a good pair of vice grips
without touching ajacent pins. turn away.
I've done this with a broken pin.  
Possible to gring a couple flat surfaces to grip with
dremel tool if nessesary.
Will destroy the pin, but you are replacing it.
 
                                                      
                             Dave Renaud              
     

--- Denele Campbell <dcampbell@sprynet.com> wrote:
> I visited a new client yesterday with a 10-15 yr old
> full-size upright, well known brand. She had
> requested a tuning, and all was in excellent order
> until I arrived at one particular tuning pin in the
> upper bass. All four shoulders of the pin had been
> shaved off -- no doubt the previous tooner had
> struggled. I can only assume there was factory
> damage compounded by an unwitting, untrained tooner.
> 
> 
> There was absolutely nothing left to grip in the
> hammer tip, and various efforts with various sized
> tuning tips did nothing to move the pin. 
> 
> I'm wondering how I get this pin out.
> 
> Denele Campbell, RPT
> NW Arkansas
> 
> 


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