<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> </head> <body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> <div>One doesn't need to pound the heck out of it!  Just nice to have the momentum behind a medium blow!  Give it a shot.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Paul</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"> <div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>"<a href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</a>><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>"<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, August 30, 2012 2:35 PM<br> <span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [pianotech] tight pressure bar screws<br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div> <div><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <div><font style="background-color: transparent;" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></font></div> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;"> <blockquote style="padding-left: 3px; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;"> 5 pound seems like overkill to me. LOL</blockquote> </div> <div>That's my stringing hammer. It was either that, or my light weight claw hammer, which wasn't doing much.</div> <div> </div> <div>Wim</div> <div></div> <div style="clear: both;"> <div> </div> </div> <div></div> <div></div> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: John Ross <<a href="mailto:jrpiano@bellaliant.net">jrpiano@bellaliant.net</a>><br> To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Thu, Aug 30, 2012 9:28 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] tight pressure bar screws<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_be2b5751-f593-4ddf-9de7-b3aa55dd5e59">Wim,  <div>5 pound seems like overkill to me. LOL</div> <div>But a tap with a hammer is a good idea, in case the screw is 'frozen'.</div> <div>John Ross</div> <div>Windsor, Nova Scotia<br> <div> <div>On 30-08-2012, at 3:06 PM, <a href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</a> wrote:</div> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type="cite"><font size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <div>MArshall</div> <div> </div> <div>I had a screw like that on a  Steinway uprgiht. I wound up tapping the screw with a 5 lb sledge hammer. If the tip gets too chewed up, you might need to drill it out. </div> <div> </div> <div>Willem </div> <div></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Marshall Gisondi <<a href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">pianotune05@hotmail.com</a>><br> To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:23 am<br> Subject: [pianotech] tight pressure bar screws<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_5c1fd7b3-66b2-4773-80ad-d8838510d6b1"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="3" face="Arial">Hi Everyone,</font><br> <font size="3" face="Arial">I had a quick question. What is the best way to free up tight pressure bar screws?  I'm dismantling this old piano my brother had, an old cable Nelson player to be exact.  The pressure bar screws are tight tight tight won't budge. My screw driver just cuts up the crew head.  Unfortunately I don't have electric that far out in the yard well it's more like a drive way in our duplex we rent.  I do have a 3/8 drill I believe black and decker. If I couldget a cord long enough out there would that free it up or is there somethign I can appy to it to free it up.  It is one frozen screw.  I put all mof my 189lbs into it and it won't budge, and I've done physical work most of my life.  Thanks everyone</font><br> <font size="3" face="Arial">Marshall</font><br> <font size="3" face="Arial">215-510-9400</font><br> <font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.phillytuner.com/" target="_blank">http://www.phillytuner.com</a></font><br> </div> </div> </div> </font></blockquote> </div> <br> </div> </div> </div> </font></div> </div> </span> </body> </html>