Hi Gordon, You could try grasping the wire with vice grips, and use your butt extractor to pull it out. Regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Holley" <gholley@hi-techhousing.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 5:21 PM Subject: Re: Bridle Wire-Broken at Wippen > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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