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<p align="left">The reverse thread extractor is one of the two essential tools. The other is a cheap "student" or gooseneck tuning lever/hammer where (a) the tip will not unscrew on you and (b) if something happens to it, you don't cry so much as you would if you broke your good hammers.<br/><br/>Alan Barnard<br/>Salem, MO<br/><br/></p>
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<hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Noah Haverkamp"
<noahhaverkamp@yahoo.com> </noahhaverkamp@yahoo.com><br/>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br/>Received: 1/15/2008 3:39:39 PM<br/>Subject: broken tuning pin<br/><br/>
<p align="left">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 </p>
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