Noah: You've got 2 choices: 1: If a grand, drive the pin out through the bottom of the pinblock. Support the pinblock so it doesn't split apart, and use a 1/4" hardened steel drift (punch). 2. Broken tuning pin removal tool, available from Pianotek. One end is a female tapered left-hand thread, which will lock onto the end of the tuning pin as you turn it counter-clockwise. The other end looks just like the end of a tuning pin, so you can use your tuning hammer to turn it. Also available from Schaff a lower price, guaranteed to twist in two the first time you use it. DAMHIK. Mike Noah Haverkamp wrote: > it broke with a slightly jagged edge about 3/8 inch out from the > plate. i tried tuning this piano a few weeks ago and basically refused > because the pins were so tight (bad repinning job) that i was afraid > of breaking my hammer, as well as reinjuring my never-to-heal broken > collar-bone (which does surprisingly well considering the tuning > stress: sometimes i think the tuning helps it, like, gives it some > healthy exercise maybe). somebody managed to tune it, but i wasn't > surprised to discover a pin broke in the process. > > small vise-grip pliers could not grip it sufficiently. how the heck am > i supposed to remove this thing? > > > Noah Haverkamp > Know-a Piano > http://www.knowapiano.com > 347-308-0094 > Fax: 718-701-2071
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