<!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 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>If it is a grand, you might be able to drive it through.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>On an upright, you could try to cut a slot, with a Dremel type tool, and use a screwdriver.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>There are special pin removal tools. Basically a reverse threaded tip, that bites into what is left, and backs it out.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Then again, drill a hole from behind, that lines up exactly with the pin, and pound through.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have never tried to drill a hole in the centre of the pin, and drill it out, but that also would be an option.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I think, since '75, I have only broken one pin, and that was at the becket hole. I was lucky, it came out with vice grips.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>John Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=noahhaverkamp@yahoo.com href="mailto:noahhaverkamp@yahoo.com">Noah Haverkamp</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:39 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> broken tuning pin</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>it broke with a slightly jagged edge about 3/8 inch out from the plate. i tried tuning this piano a few weeks ago and basically refused because the pins were so tight (bad repinning job) that i was afraid of breaking my hammer, as well as reinjuring my never-to-heal broken collar-bone (which does surprisingly well considering the tuning stress: sometimes i think the tuning helps it, like, gives it some healthy exercise maybe). somebody managed to tune it, but i wasn't surprised to discover a pin broke in the process. <BR><BR>small vise-grip pliers could not grip it sufficiently. how the heck am i supposed to remove this thing?<BR><BR><BR>Noah Haverkamp<BR>Know-a Piano<BR>http://www.knowapiano.com<BR>347-308-0094<BR>Fax: 718-701-2071</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>