<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=290450022-19012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Hi Michael, I've heard this one before, it works generally (when I remind = of it in time !)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=290450022-19012004><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=290450022-19012004><FONT color=#0000ff>Best Regards.</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=290450022-19012004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=290450022-19012004>Isaac OLEG</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=290450022-19012004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=290450022-19012004> </SPAN>Screws in general respond to the = heat treatment. There's few things worse than breaking off half a head from a = slotted screw head deep down in the action. Another old "Organ Builder's Tip" - = Before trying to remove an old screw, apply a TIGHTENING force to it. He = maintained that the fibres of the wood remember the direction the screw was last = turning in. He may have something there!</FONT></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>TTFN</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from darkest = Sussex-on-Sea</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>