Bridle Wire-Broken at Wippen

[Gordon Holley]

Thanks John.  That works on getting the broken stub out of the 
wippen.  
I suppose I should forget about trying to extract an old bridle wire 
from an old wippen to use.  What do you think?.
regards, Gordon Holley

On 17 Jun 2003 at 16:33, John Ross wrote:

> Hi Gordon,
> Drill carefully from below, and push it through the hole. 
> Regards
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gordon Holley" <gholley@hi-techhousing.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 4:23 PM
> Subject: Bridle Wire-Broken at Wippen
> 
> 
> > Hello List
> > Have Vose & Sons Upright, SN 35072, circa 1895/96, with a bridle wire 
> > broken off at the point below where it inserts into the wippen. Other 
> > than that this oldie is beautiful. Can't dig it out.  Tried to pull 
> > out a couple bridle wires from old wippens I had and they also broke 
> > off on the wippen.
> > Was going to use these to insert into the wippen with a new drilled 
> > hole.  Is there a technique/trick to getting an old bridle wire out 
> > of a wippen for re-use?
> > Yes, I know, I'll need to order a dozen to have on hand for the 
> > future.
> > Regards, Gordon Holley
> > Goshen, IN
> > Associate, Indiana chapter 467
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