<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'><br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 3px"><PRE><TT><TT>Wim, At this point, it may be a good idea to measure the angle of the string from the pressure bar to the termination point, just in case you need to loosen string tension and loosen the other screws of the pressure bar. Too many times technicians remove parts and destroy information that the piano has to offer. -John Parham </TT></PRE></TT></BLOCKQUOTE></div> <div> </div> <div>John</div> <div> </div> <div>There is no need to measure string angle. The pressure bar on this piano has feet that rest of the plate when the screws are tight. The tension on all the strings have already been released, and in, fact, all the strings are off the piano, except for the middle section, where that danged screw is still holding the pressure bar. </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim</div> <div><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: Mon, Oct 3, 2011 4:02 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_4993a9c7-026d-4492-a28a-15944c7b354f><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Wim, At this point, it may be a good idea to measure the angle of the string from the pressure bar to the termination point, just in case you need to loosen string tension and loosen the other screws of the pressure bar. Too many times technicians remove parts and destroy information that the piano has to offer. -John Parham > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Fwd: > From: <A href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</A> > Date: Mon, October 03, 2011 12:04 am > To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > > > 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. > > Otherwise. I'm all ears, and open to any suggestions. > > Wim > > PS. Please, I don't want to hear any "I told you so's". I've got a bad enough feeling about this already. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: johnparham <<A href="mailto:johnparham@piano88.com">johnparham@piano88.com</A>> > To: pianotech <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> > Sent: Sun, Oct 2, 2011 5:27 pm > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Fwd: > > > 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 > ressure bar is frozen. Before I realized this, I used a smaller screw driver, > nd because the screw is made of a soft metal, the edges ripped off. I now have > larger screwdriver tip that fits the slot, but because the slot of the screw > s worn off, (see picture), the blade keeps slipping of the edge. > > What do I do, short of drilling out the screw, which would mean buying a new > ne? > > Wim </TT></PRE></div> </div> </font>