This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment New to the list? A tech?=20 =20 First: Use the proper tool. If it is the standard, single slot = regulating tool, you need to grind the end until the screw eye doesn't dissappear = when you put the tool on it. Make it about half as deep as it is. There's a better tool but it's expensive. =20 Second: There is a pair of "dowel regulating" pliers that grip those buttons, but they are expensive and seldom necessary so not a "first = buy" tool. =20 If you have more than one or two broken, I would remove the whole rail (very carefully) and replace all the screws--especially if they are = rusty. But if it was only your technique that broke them you may be able to = replace the screws with the action in the piano.=20 =20 "Unscrew" the button. If the screw comes out, hooray. More likely the = button will just come off. Use a soldering iron or--my tool of choice--a Ronco mini-tech flameless torch--and gently heat the screw, not enough to = scorch wood but enough to break any rust bonding, etc. Use needle-nose or = skinny Vice-Grip pliers to remove the screw. Be careful not to put any = sideways, bending pressure on the screw. If it comes right out, just replace. If = you get into trouble, you have two options: =20 1. Remove the rail and drill a new screw hole very close to the old one. Some would say to dig out the old screw, plug, and redrill. My = experience in 100-year-old pianos? You are likely to make the damage worse, like = breaking the rail. Remember that wood may be a little brittle with age, too. or = ... =20 2. Use a regulating button repair thingy. They aren't proper repairs for = a nice piano, etc., but they work. =20 Hope it helps. Tell us a little more about yourself ... =20 Alan R. Barnard Salem, MO -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of jonathan stuchell Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:06 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: regulating screws Hello listers, =20 What can be done about old regulating screws that break off just below the 'eye' ? They usually turn a couple times = then snap off. The only option I seem to have is to turn the button below , = but it is hard to reach and I dont know of a tool to use to do that. This = is a 1906 upright player. =20 =20 =20 JS -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.18 - Release Date: 04/19/2005 --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.18 - Release Date: 04/19/2005 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d9/96/0d/81/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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