Unless it was an extreeeeemly loose pin you would not be able to use a screwdriver, even if the placement of the other pins and strings allowed you to get a hacksaw in there. You want a tuning pin extractor part # 110 in Schaff catalog, page 46 Brian Avery: Could you cut a slot in it with a hack saw blade and then turn it out with a screw driver? dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 1/31/02 at 5:25 AM Avery Todd wrote: >List, > >Anyone have a good way to extract a broken tuning pin >on a new Baldwin Hamilton? There's about 1/4"+ still >extending beyond the plate but it's EXTREMELY tight >in the block! > >I've never had this happen to me and actually, this >information is for another tech. Any brilliant ideas >out there? Thanks. > >Avery _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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