There are small hole saws designed to remove broken off screws. drill around the pin and then plug and redrill. Carl Meyer Assoc. PTG Santa Clara, California cmpiano@attbi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Ryan" <pryan2@the-beach.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 5:01 AM Subject: Fallboard hinge pin > I had a customer with a Schumann grand that had the fallboard hinge pin > broken off inside the case. The broken-off pin must be a quarter inch deep > inside the wood of the case so there is no way I could get a grip on it. I > told the owner that I would order a new pin and drill the old one out, but > how am I going to do this? I can't reposition the pin as it must go exactly > in the same spot in order for the fallboard to close correctly. Is there a > small tool that will back-out this broken-off part? Is there other hinge > hardware that I could substitute? Or should I recommend a carpenter? > Anyone know Norm Abrams' phone number? > Phil Ryan > Miami Beach >
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