[pianotech] Plate screw problem

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Fri Jul 15 11:25:25 MDT 2011


On 7/15/2011 11:28 AM, David Renaud wrote:
>
> Ron said.....
>
>> Or you can cut out the inner rim underneath the block and attack it from the bottom.
>
> Nice, yes, of course......
> This plate screw is located just shy of the shelf....and far enough from any tuning pin holes I could actually drill up from the bottom.
> Flexible shaft........drill up.....plug/fill, start over from the top.

Sounds like an excellent plan. If you can get in there with a deep, say 
3/4" hole saw without a pilot bit, you can straddle all the broken 
hardware and get out a clean full depth plug.

Ron N


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