Broken screw in Steinway hammer rail

[Newton Hunt]

What Jon said but use a plug not a dowel.  Watch the angle of hole.

		Newton

Jon Page wrote:
 
> 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