If it is a grand, you might be able to drive it through. On an upright, you could try to cut a slot, with a Dremel type tool, and use a screwdriver. There are special pin removal tools. Basically a reverse threaded tip, that bites into what is left, and backs it out. Then again, drill a hole from behind, that lines up exactly with the pin, and pound through. I have never tried to drill a hole in the centre of the pin, and drill it out, but that also would be an option. I think, since '75, I have only broken one pin, and that was at the becket hole. I was lucky, it came out with vice grips. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: Noah Haverkamp To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:39 PM Subject: broken tuning pin 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080115/936f2108/attachment.html
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