Hitch Pin Replacement Question

[Isaac Sadigursky]

Hi,Dale!
As far as I remember,this modified tool was introduced to our group by  
late Francis Mahaffey...Jim Harvey gave a few demonstrations in his  
classes,as well....It works great on Bridge pins,never occured to me  
to use it on Hitch Pins......isaac
On Jul 12, 2008, at 6:28 PM, erwinspiano at aol.com wrote:

>
>   Hi Dave
>   I have a tool which resembles a body hammer. It's a Large vice  
> grip with a long bolt substituted for the original threaded piece in  
> that tool.  It has a piece of round stock with a hole in it that  
> slide  & impacts against the bolt head.  We use it to pull bridge  
> pins.  SO cool. It's a Carl Meyers tool/invention. It saves my life/ 
> hands when the occasion arises to pull bridge pins that were epoxied  
> in place.
>   I should think this would work very well.  Need a picture?
>   Dale Erwin
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
>   I wish to upgrade the quality of my restorations by installing new  
> hitch pins (frankly strictly for cosmetic reasons). Perhaps some of  
> you are doing this already. More power to you.
>   My first question of one of removal of the original pins. Getting  
> the ones out that serve the long bridge from the backside of the  
> plate via a drift punch and hammer seems straightforward enough. The  
> problem arises on Steinway (and other) plates, however, where the  
> hitch pins for the bass section do not protrude through the casting.  
> These can not be driven out from the back. How can they be easily/ 
> successfully removed?
>
>   David G. Hughes, RPT
>   Baltimore Chapter
>
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