fallboard stuck

[Wally Scherer]

I have a new customer, a restaurant, with an old
Brambach baby grand. Not too bad shape - new strings
and pins within the last few years, I'd say. 

Out of the left side by the bass hammers comes a cord,
fairly new, evidently from a heater bar under the pin
block area.

Trouble is I can't get the fallboard to close, and
therefore can't get it off for action removal. (Needs
regulation.) It only moves about a quarter of an inch
with all the screws out from under the cheek blocks,
etc.

I've checked with a mirror but can't see anything
catching. I've felt with a bent coathanger behind the
fallboard, but can't feel anything in the way. I can
see enough between the top of the fallboard and bottom
of the pinblock to see that nothing is blocking
anything there.

I guess the next step is to hire some strong men to
pick up the piano, after removing the lyre and rear
leg, tilt it toward the rear, and shake it to see if
anything falls out from the fallboard area.

Any other ideas?

Wally Scherer, Palm Beach County, Florida

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