<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4912.300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Have you tried one = of the broken tuning pin extractor tips? I would think they would = work.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dcampbell@sprynet.com = href="mailto:dcampbell@sprynet.com">Denele Campbell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 08, 2002 = 3:32 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> stripped pin</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I visited a new client yesterday with = a 10-15 yr old full-size upright, well known brand. She had requested a tuning, = and all was in excellent order until I arrived at one particular tuning pin in = the upper bass. All four shoulders of the pin had been shaved off -- no = doubt the previous tooner had struggled. I can only assume there was factory = damage compounded by an unwitting, untrained tooner. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was absolutely nothing left to = grip in the hammer tip, and various efforts with various sized tuning tips did = nothing to move the pin. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm wondering how I get this pin out.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Denele Campbell, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>NW Arkansas<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>