<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My last tuning for the year was a old = Hoffman upright that presented a repair that has never been my pleasure to = attempt to do. Any suggestions as to methods of repair that do not require = restringing the instrument would be welcome.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Problem, screws that hold the capo bar = are mostly broken off. Of eight screws that are broken only one is not = broken off deep in the pin block.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The screws are broken off in this = pattern, the capital O is screws in tact and small o those broken off.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  TENOR    / Treble</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OOOOoooOooooOoOO</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has anyone out there been able to drill = the screw stubs out by going through the capo bar?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was able to tune the instrument but = oh what an adventure <G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Goss</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>