> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 22:33:14 -0400 (EDT) > From: Mark Graham <magraham@baldwinw.edu> > Subject: Agraffes > To: Pianotech <pianotech@byu.edu> > Reply-to: pianotech@byu.edu > I haven't replaced more than 3 agraffes in my life. One broke on the older > of two Steinway D's on stage. We can live without it for about a week. > > But here's the problem. I was using a #2 easy-out extractor. Drilled the > correct size hole. The easy-out wouldn't grip. I put a #3 extractor in, > and it gripped. But as I started turning it, the tip of it broke off about > flush with the brass. So now what do I do? Get a diamond tip bit and drill > all over again? I'm wondering why I couldn't budge the piece of the > agraffe. Can one use Liquid Wrench or something similar to loosen it? I'm > afraid now I might destroy the threads. > > Any help would be appreciated. It's a 7/32" agraffe, if that matters. I'm > going out of town for a week starting Thursday night, so if anyone feels > like answering before then, I could use the moral support if nothing else! > Thanks, Mark Graham, Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music > > Mark, I rarely use easy-outs and they are farther down the list of repairs. My first choice is simply a small screwdriver with the blade shaped like a V, with two prongs sticking out. Lock on with a vice-grip and turn counter-clockwise while tapping with a small hammer. This nearly always works... In your case maybe you could drill around the easy-out and grip with a vice-grip. Sounds like a challenge! David ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA
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