Tuners--Broken Pins

[Tom Cole]

Newton

I agree with your idea of driving the pin up through the plate being easier on the pin
block. I heard about an old-timer out our way who rescued a newbie who had broken a
tuning pin. He came right over, drilled a hole in the keybed (action out) directly under
the pin in question and drove it out with a long drift punch.

Tom

Newton Hunt wrote:
>
> Upside down tuning pin was driven out from the underside with a steel tool,
> short and a stringing hammer used sideways.  This was some 25 to 30 years ago
> so I don't remember what tool we used.
>
> My reason for doing so was to save the hole from excessive damage.  There were
> to threads so it could not be turned out.
>
> Because of this one experience my thinking is the same for a pin broken off at
> the plate or with little or no stub for an easy out to work.  Any broken off
> tuning pin will be out of round and would cause excessive damage to the block.
>
> That tool mentioned would be good for driving pins through, especially in an
> upright to drive the pin in far enough to get another pin on top of the broken
> off pin.  Something I have heard done from time to time.
>
> I still like my from bottom up idea.
>
>         Newton
>         nhunt@rci.rutgers.edu
> .-

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Thomas A. Cole, RPT
Santa Cruz, California