<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi,Dale!<div>As far as I remember,this modified tool was introduced to our group by late Francis Mahaffey...Jim Harvey gave a few demonstrations in his classes,as well....It works great on Bridge pins,never occured to me to use it on Hitch Pins......isaac<br><div><div>On Jul 12, 2008, at 6:28 PM, <a href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br> <font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">  Hi Dave<br>   I have a tool which resembles a body hammer. It's a Large vice grip with a long bolt substituted for the original threaded piece in that tool.  It has a piece of round stock with a hole in it that slide  & impacts against the bolt head.  We use it to pull bridge pins.  SO cool. It's a Carl Meyers tool/invention. It saves my life/hands when the occasion arises to pull bridge pins that were epoxied in place.<br>   I should think this would work very well.  Need a picture?<br>   Dale Erwin</font><br>   <br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_0b6ab856-068f-4952-8efa-67bfb807e46d" style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff">Hello Everyone, <br>  <br>   I wish to upgrade the quality of my restorations by installing new hitch pins (frankly strictly for cosmetic reasons). Perhaps some of you are doing this already. More power to you. <br>   My first question of one of removal of the original pins. Getting the ones out that serve the long bridge from the backside of the plate via a drift punch and hammer seems straightforward enough. The problem arises on Steinway (and other) plates, however, where the hitch pins for the bass section do not protrude through the casting. These can not be driven out from the back. How can they be easily/successfully removed? <br>  <br>   David G. Hughes, RPT <br>   Baltimore Chapter <br>  <br> </div> <div id="u8CAB29EDF70AAB6-15EC-87A8" class="aol_ad_footer"><font style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><hr style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">The Famous, the Infamous, the Lame - in your browser. <a title="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" href="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" target="_blank">Get the TMZ Toolbar Now</a>!</font> </div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>