<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'> <div><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Right now I'm in a real bind. I tried this easyout thing called Grabit, and the tip broke off in the screw. So I put in a "call" to the maunfacturer of this product to ask for advice on getting that tip out. </FONT></div> <div> </div> <div>Otherwise. I'm all ears, and open to any suggestions. </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim</div> <div> </div> <div>PS. Please, I don't want to hear any "I told you so's". I've got a bad enough feeling about this already. <br> <br> <br> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: johnparham <johnparham@piano88.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Sun, Oct 2, 2011 5:27 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Fwd:<br> <br> <div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_b51fba76-bf64-4c5a-9c9d-a3fe2e6cf2db><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Wim, What choices have you figured out so far? -John Parham > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [pianotech] Fwd: > From: <A href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</A> > Date: Thu, September 29, 2011 9:25 pm > To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > > > 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. > > What do I do, short of <FONT size=2>drilling</FONT> out the screw, which would mean buying a new one? > > Wim </TT></PRE></div> </div> </font>