Prying - was Re: Everett vertical pinblock separation reply

[pianoman]

My all time record pitch raise on and older piano is -232c low and brought
up to A-440 over several tunings.  No problems. After the third tuning in
three months they stopped tuning it again.  Go figure.
James Grebe
R.P.T. from St. Louis
pianoman@inlink.com
"I am only as good as my last tuning"

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> From: Maxpiano <Maxpiano@aol.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Prying - was Re: Everett vertical pinblock separation
> Date: Thursday, December 18, 1997 9:32 PM
> 
> List -
> 
> Many thanks for the advice on dealing with the Everett.
> 
> I now face a situation where I cannot see if there is a separation
because the
> cabinet exterior is glued fast to the top of the pin block.  There are no
> rubber buttons hiding screws on this one.  The piano is an otherwise
> restorable player (Dayton, 1920s vintage).  However, since it is 400
cents
> flat I would like for information's sake to know that the flatness is
only due
> to neglect and not because of glue joint failure.  In my experience,
neglect
> rarely accounts for more than 100 cents flat.  The tuning pins do not
appear
> to be the problem.  
> 
> Does anyone have a better solution than taking a chisel to pry that part
of
> the cabinet loose in order to examine the pinblock-to-back joint?  Or any
way
> to guess the integrity of the joint without gaining access?
> 
> Bill Maxim, RPT