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<DIV>This works pretty well generally, but there are three or four other things you can do to ease the situation. First tap the stem of the agraffe from the top down, then from the top up to free the threads. Next, put a drop of Protek on the stem and let is work its way down. Then, if all else fails, use a can of some commercial aerosol dust remover with the straw tip and blast the agraffe and surrounding area of plate with the very cold air which may cause enough differential thermal expansion to loosen up the stem. Try the fishtail at each step. Finally, if necessary, drill the sucker out! I haven't had to drill one out in years.</DIV>
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<DIV>Paul</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 04/10/07 13:51:47 Central Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or just angle a small screwdriver on some part of the broken agraffe that will catch it and gently tap it to rotate the agraffe counterclockwise. It's amazing how often this works just fine - it is the way I most often remove them.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:jonpage@comcast.net href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net" alt="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net">Jon Page</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" alt="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:50 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> broken agraffe</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4>>><I> Is the stud too tight to use the 'fish-tail' tool?</I></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4>>Yes. Unfortunately.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4>Use a Dremel Tool with a ball tip to index a center</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>and try a reverse bit.</DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>--
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<DIV><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Jon Page</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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