This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Gordon Holley=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 1:23 PM Subject: Bridle Wire-Broken at Wippen Hello List Have Vose & Sons Upright, SN 35072, circa 1895/96, with a bridle wire=20 broken off at the point below where it inserts into the wippen. Other=20 than that this oldie is beautiful. Can't dig it out. Tried to pull=20 out a couple bridle wires from old wippens I had and they also broke=20 off on the wippen. Was going to use these to insert into the wippen with a new drilled=20 hole. Is there a technique/trick to getting an old bridle wire out=20 of a wippen for re-use? Yes, I know, I'll need to order a dozen to have on hand for the=20 future. Regards, Gordon Holley Goshen, IN Associate, Indiana chapter 467 _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives If I can't grab it with Vise-Grips, then I drill right next to it and = screw in a new one. I have also drilled several holes all around it and = tried digging it out, but since it's threaded, that doesn't usually = work. Probably the best thing, like someone else said, is to punch it = through from the bottom. =20 If the hole is too enlarged (this usually happens when extracting = a broken backcheck wire, or when puching a threaded wire out, forcing = the threads to strip), then you can drill a hole sideways through the = wippen with a 7/32 in. bit, then plug it with a little piece of hammer = shank. This gives the backcheck wire or bridle strap wire some side = grain to go into (orient the plug so the grain is perpendicular to the = wire), and it'll be more solid. If you extract another old one to use as a replacement, it might = just break at the same place. Better to install new. Maybe you can = temporarily rob one from an A1 or C88 from another piano. =20 --David Nereson, RPT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e8/89/eb/ec/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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