I think I came across this years ago, but I don't remember the answer. It was possible, I remember that much, and you don't have to do anything weird. First, I assume, you've taken off the fallboard, which should not be attached to the keyblocks. Then check the rear of the keyblocks, behind the fallboard, for screws down from the top, and then check the sides of the keyblocks toward the front for angled screws. This assumes that the keyslip will come out on its own, instead of being held in by the blocks. Schaff carries brown rubber buttons, if it comes to that. Under the buttons might be the answer -- sorry my memory suffers from age-related arbitrary time-outs. Susan Kline At 08:39 AM 9/19/2009, you wrote: >Hi All, >This may be more appropriate fodder for pianotech, but I tuned a >1969 Story & Clark model 158 grand made by Yamaha the other day, and >I wanted to pull the action to make some adjustments to the >sostenuto rod and damper upstop rail, but could not for the life of >me find the screws that hold the keyblocks down. The rubber buttons >did not look large enough to conceal screws beneath and, not having >any rubber buttons with me for replacement (much less, brown ones), >I didn't want to take a chance of tearing them all to pieces to find >out. They are, after all 40 years old. The top part of the legs come >almost to the front edge of the keybed, covering up the area where >Yamaha keyblock screws would normally be. Certainly one does not >have to remove the legs to pull the action? Or is there a secret >somewhere I couldn't locate? Anybody out there familiar with this piano? > >Thanks in advance, >Jeff Tanner > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090919/0e427853/attachment.htm>
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