<font color='black' size='2' face='Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif'><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">I forgot to mention, that when removing the warmed up remnant, it helps a lot to move it back and forth at first, rather than just trying to unscrew it in one direction.. You can increase the wiggle until it is turning free enough to risk a full revolution. </font>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">(Once both ends break, it is a drill and plug project, which is all out of whack on the time/cost scale) </font><br>
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From: Ed Foote <a440a@aol.com><br>
To: davidlovepianos <davidlovepianos@comcast.net>; pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Tue, Jan 3, 2012 7:12 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Removal of broken letoff screw in Steinway grand<br>
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<font color="black" size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">The safest way is to heat the remaining stub before you attempt to turn it. If it broke the top off, it can break the bottom, too. It doesn't need to be red hot, just really warm. </font>
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Take the stack off, take the button off and use a vise grips to grab the shank that held the button and turn it out.
<div>David Love<br>
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<div><b>From: </b> Wesley Hardman <<a href="mailto:hardmanwesley84@gmail.com">hardmanwesley84@gmail.com</a>>
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<div>When the letoff screw in a Steinway grand breaks at the top,what is the safest way of removing the remainder of the screw without having to drill the broken part out in order to replace with a new letoff screw?</div>
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<div>Wesley Hardman</div>
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