Extracting glued bridge pins

gordon stelter lclgcnp@yahoo.com
Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:10:32 -0700 (PDT)


That was sort of a  joke. I sincerely hope that no one
will soak with acetone and use a  soldering iron in
combination.
     Thump


--- Horace Greeley <hgreeley@stanford.edu> wrote:

> Hi, Gordon,
> 
> Quoting gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>:
> 
> >  Soak with acetone?
> 
> Actually, with some bridges, this might cause more
> problems than it
> solves...thinking of Baldwins in particular, here;
> but only because that's
> what first springs to mind.
> 
> > ( WEAR MASK! )
> 
> Oh, yes.
> 
> Best.
> 
> Horace
> 
> 
> 
> >      Thump
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > David
> > >     The difficulty you are having is why I don't
> > > really like  epoxy repair
> > > for this. Yes, I do it on occasion. However I'll
> > > have to try  Horace's
> > > suggestion next time I'm doing an entire bridge.
> The
> > > last time it took  forever to get
> > > em out.
> > >     Dale
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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