Once, not in a piano, but the housing for the drain stop in a bathtub, this happened. I got my dremmel tool with a small cutting blade and deepened the screwdriver slot. It worked great. I just installed a new screw however when reassembling. Paul From: tnrwim at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: 09/30/2011 07:44 AM Subject: [pianotech] Fwd: I'm taking the strings off a Steinway upright. One of the screws on the pressure bar is frozen. Before I realized this, I used a smaller screw driver, and because the screw is made of a soft metal, the edges ripped off. I now have a larger screwdriver tip that fits the slot, but because the slot of the screw is worn off, (see picture), the blade keeps slipping of the edge. What do I do, short of drilling out the screw, which would mean buying a new one? Wim [attachment "IMAGE_128.jpg" deleted by Paul T Williams/Music/UNL/UNEBR] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110930/e94e7c68/attachment.htm>
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