<font color='black' size='2' face='Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif'> <div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:10pt;color:black"> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_e740a473-1ce1-4518-ac72-c38578aade44" style="margin: 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000;background-color: #fff;"><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt> On 7/2/2011 1:19 PM, Dale Probst wrote: > Hi Dale, > Sorry, here's the deal: hitch pin next to treble strut broke flush > with plate on second chip session. Drove the remnant through plate but > there is insufficient clearance between the bottom of the plate and > the top of the soundboard for the the remnant of the hitch pin to > clear. I'd like to get that remnant out with out pulling the plate if > possible- piano is strung and chipped. And ideas? <font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sure, do what one well known east coast manufacturer has done. Hammer that sucker into the soundboard, and then knock it loose with a </span></font></tt></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">soundboard steel, or something else that will get to it. No one is ever going to see that dent in the board, will they? </span></font></tt></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ed Foote RPT </span></font></tt></pre> </div>  </div> </font>