cheekblock/fallboard removal

[Joe And Penny Goss]

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Hi Tom,
If the board in front of the key fronts comes off with 4 or 5 screws =
from the bottom, raise 1 or 88 and look for a screw going diagonallyinto =
the cheek block.=20
The surface will be painted black so they are hard to see in a dimmly =
lit room.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
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  Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 7:34 AM
  Subject: cheekblock/fallboard removal


  List

  Nothing is more embarrassing than not being able to get the fallboard =
and cheekblocks out of the piano when you want to work on an action =
problem.  This happened to me yesterday with a Howard grand, circa =
1920s.  Fallboard did not lift out.  Cheekblocks had screws from the =
top, but would not come out when the screws were removed.  There was no =
screw from the side (horizontally accessible below the key).   Removed a =
screw from below, but no luck: it was there to hold the leg on.  I think =
that perhaps there was another screw behind the fallboard but since I =
couldn't get the fallboard out either, I'm not sure.

  Any ideas on how to open this Howard grand up?

  I have listed below the different configurations of =
cheekblock/fallboard designs that I am familiar with.  Could anyone add =
to this list?  Perhaps the combined experience of the list will help =
some of us avoid lost time and utter humiliation in front of our =
clients!

  This is what I've come across so far:
       CHEEKBLOCKS
            Screwed in from below
            Screwed in from above (often under a rubber button)
            Screwed in from the side (access below key)
            Attached to fallboard, screwed in from below
       FALLBOARDS
            Lifts out=20
            Screwed in with tiny screws accessible and viewable from the =
front
            Screwed in on the metal hinge thingee, accessible if pulled =
forward at a 45 degree angle and                unscrewed from the side
            Attached to cheekblocks: unscrew cheekblocks and remove =
fallboard and cheekblocks=20
                 together (ala Steinway)

  Unfortunately for me the Howard grand fits into none of these =
categories.

  HELP!

  Tom Sivak
  Chicago Chapter PTG
            
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