Extracting glued bridge pins

[Horace Greeley]

Dave,

I've used a soldering iron with good effect for this.  If you put a lamp 
dimmer in line, and use a 25 watt iron, you can control the heat to use 
just enough to loosen the epoxy without burning the wood.

Best.

Horace


At 05:59 AM 10/17/2004, you wrote:
>Vice-grips-slide-hammer? If that doesn't work, new bridge?
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Skolnik" <davidskolnik@optonline.net>
>To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 2:07 AM
>Subject: Extracting glued bridge pins
>
>
> >
> >
> > Any suggestions for cleanly removing bridge pins that have been glued with
> > either CA or epoxy, without damaging the bridge?  I'm trying to clean up
> > the notching in the upper treble of a Steinway L.  I can't remember if
>heat
> > (soldering iron, for example) would affect either glue, or create
> > additional problems.
> >
> > Thanks -
> >
> > David Skolnik
> >
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