At 05:34 AM 04/27/2000 -0400, you wrote: > > >I'm doing some work on a 1921 Steinway O, and am faced with a broken screw > > imbedded in the hammer rail. It is too small for my #1 screw extractor. > > How can I get it out? > >Greetings, > You may have to drill it out, plug the hole, and retap. But if you can >get a very small Dremel cut-off blade to it, you may be able to cut a slot, >and then turn it out with a small screwdriver. Good luck, this is a tough >one. >Regards, >Ed Foote John, Cutting a slot in the shank is a good idea but if that fails, there is a screw extractor which is a small hole saw. This cuts the wood around the screw, plug the hole, redrill, etc . . . I hate it when that happens, Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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