Hi,Bill! Try TAPERED drill on low speed. Tapered Drills can be made in the shop and they have MANY applications in repair work.. Start with a small Brad Pointed TAPERED drill and Tapered Drill will SELF-CENTER itself and drill out old Bridle Strap and old glue,as well. I had done it many times.. Try to practice on a few older parts untill you will get a FEEL of it. Try to hold a group of 5-6 hammers,moved off the rest rail,hold them against Hammer Butt Spring Rail for better control and drill one Catcher at a time in the Center of this group. Hope,I made myself clear. BTW:No gLUE is neede ,when installing new Bridle Straps with corks..FRICTION should hold it in place. Good Luck! Isaac Sadigursky, RPT Los Angeles Chapter On May 20, 2010, at 9:06 AM, Bill Costanzo wrote: > I have a question about a Heinzman upright I am reconditioning. > (mouse infested, but not too bad) It also has had some previous > reconditioning including restringing and new hammers (on old shanks > and butts, unfortunately). The straps had also been replaced but > need to be replaced again. The problem is that the corks have been > glued in with industrial strength glue and won’t come out. I can cut > the strap flush with the cork and use clip-ons, or I can cut the > bottoms off the catchers and use clip-ons. I’m interested in knowing > what anyone else has done in this situation and opinions about which > way will yield the better looking results. I should mention that I > broke one of the catchers at the cork hole already so I’m leaning > towards removing the bottom half of the catcher. Also what tool > would you use to cut with, side cutters, shank nippers? > > Thanks > Bill Costanzo > > www.RochesterPianoTuner.com > Restoring harmony to the world, one piano at a time > <image001.gif> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100520/a2148cc0/attachment-0001.htm>
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