<!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 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi Phil,</DIV> <DIV>I took a screwdriver, smaller than the width of the screw portion. I ground two points on the outside edge, then I positioned it on the brass of the broken agraffe, tapped it and turned. I was lucky, as I didn't even lubricate, as someone suggested.</DIV> <DIV>Good luck.</DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=rinkyd@pacbell.net href="mailto:rinkyd@pacbell.net">Phil Frankenberg</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:44 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> broken agraffe</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am struggling with a frozen agraff on a Steinway D. Has anyone tried heating the stud ,say with a soldering iron? Any suggestions would be appreciated. When it broke it left a peak across the center making it extremely difficult to drill down the center for an ez out. I managed a slightly off center hole but it's not budging. Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Frankenberg</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Csuc Chico Ca.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>