This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Any chance that it comes out with cheekblocks attached (once the = cheekblocks are unscrewed)? I'm sure you've unscrewed everything within = six feet of it... --Cy Shuster-- Bluefield, WV ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Piannaman@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 3:46 PM Subject: Re: fallboard pivot In a message dated 9/25/04 1:23:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, = draine@comcast.net writes:=20 While doing a service call (tuning/appraisal), I was foiled in my = first=20 attempt at removing the fallboard from a a 71 yr. old Marshall &=20 Wendell 4' 8" grand. The fallboard has brass slotted pieces which = seat=20 onto the pivots which are fastened into the inside of the case. = While=20 one end slid out gracefully, the other wouldn't give. I believe = (based=20 on past experience with similar M&W's) the screws which seat the = pivot=20 are loose, and the pivot point wobbles around as I try to remove the = fallboard, thus foiling my attempts.=20 Aside from yanking it out by brute force (thereby either trashing = the=20 fallboard, or sending me flying backward onto the floor at the very=20 least), are there any helpful hints from thew assembled wisdom?=20 I was thinking perhaps if I had an extra pair of hands I could use a = very thin screwdriver or blade to stabilize the pin, and *then* lift = the fallboard out. Anyone run into this problem aside from me?=20 Hi Patrick,=20 I wish I could help. I ran into the same problem on a piano once, and = if memory serves, it was indeed a Marshall and Wendell. I thought maybe = there was a retracting, spring-loaded pin that a thin blade could push = back into the fallboard, thus releasing the fall board, but that didn't = work. I never did get it to open.=20 Let us know if you can figure out a way to get it off.=20 Thanks,=20 Dave Stahl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/24/0b/b3/5b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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