Plate screws

[Clyde Hollinger]

Kristinn,

I'm afraid you lost me here.  What does the number of plate screws have to do
with opening and tuning a console piano?  If you meant case screws, does the
case show signs of having been tampered with?  I don't tune many Cable
pianos, but I can't recall that any piano with its original case calls for
the removal of more than six screws.

I can understand your amusement at the sticker.  Pianos I've seen carrying
that sticker are generally known for their lack of craftsmanship.  But it
probably helped the company to sell a few more pianos.  I've also come across
spinets with a little metal tag on the fallboard proclaiming them to be
consoles.  I guess questionable ethics run across all levels of society.

Regards,
Clyde Hollinger, RPT
Lititz, PA, USA

Kristinn Leifsson wrote:

> I tuned a Cable console today.
> Why do they have SO MANY plate screws?
> I haven´t tuned many of those Aeolian pianos but the ones I have were
> totally screwed... together that is.  It takes so long to just open the
> darn things.
>
> I also found the non-straight "Made by American Craftsmen" sticker inside
> quite funny ;)