TIP: It's a shoe-in

[Richard Moody]

 Hitting the bottom of the leg a few times with the heel of your hand or
fist sets it vibrating, and usually this is enough to loosen it from the
locking plate.  Also the lyre if it has a locking plate. 

Ric Bopper
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> From: Wimblees@AOL.COM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: TIP: It's a shoe-in
> Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 6:54 PM
> 
> In a message dated 3/19/99 9:23:41 PM !!!First Boot!!!,
harvey@greenwood.net
> writes:
> 
> << At the risk of being flamed big time, I'll mention that a
rubber-heeled
>  shoe (preferably one of the pair you're wearing -- not one carried in
the
>  kit) is often handy for seating things when a rubber mallet is not
>  available.  >>
> 
> 
> My son, Chris, and I went to pick up a greand piano once, and we forgot
our
> rubber mallet. He took off his tennis shoes and beat the leg silly until
it
> finally gave way. It's not the most efficeint way of getting the job
done, but
> it worked. 
> 
> Wim 
>