<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>You could try using a Dremel and make the notch deeper/wider or make a new one 90 degrees the the existing one.<br></div><div> </div><div>Les K<br>LK Piano<br>(734) 657-7034<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></b></font><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:25:58 -0400 (EDT)<br>From: <a ymailto="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com" href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</a><br>To: <a ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br>Subject: [pianotech] Fwd:<br>Message-ID: <<a ymailto="mailto:8CE4D270A66AD3B-1ADC-1114E@webmail-m164.sysops.aol.com"
href="mailto:8CE4D270A66AD3B-1ADC-1114E@webmail-m164.sysops.aol.com">8CE4D270A66AD3B-1ADC-1114E@webmail-m164.sysops.aol.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br><br>I'm taking the strings off a Steinway upright. One of the screws on the pressure bar is frozen. Before I realized this, I used a smaller screw driver, and because the screw is made of a soft metal, the edges ripped off. I now have a larger screwdriver tip that fits the slot, but because the slot of the screw is worn off, (see picture), the blade keeps slipping of the edge.<br><br>What do I do, short of drilling out the screw, which would mean buying a new one? <br><br>Wim <br><br><br><br><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110929/fdca26f7/attachment.htm><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br>Name:
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