stripped pin

[Don]

Hi Denele,

I suggest you search the archives for the recent thread on broken tuning
pins and removal.

At 04:32 PM 2/8/02 -0600, you 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
>