Acrosonic puzzler

[John Ross]

I take it that, it is not just stuck with hardened polish, or something?
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Bondi" <phil at philbondi.com>
To: "Newtonville" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 2:23 PM
Subject: Acrosonic puzzler


> Hi all.
>
> I ran across one this morning that truly had me losing a bit more 
> hair..circa 1967, and I think that may be significant simply because 
> of all the Acros I have seen over the years, this one was unique.
>
> I could not figure out how to remove the music desk - 
> fallboard/keycover apparatus.
>
> This hunk of wood had 2 screws at either end of the music desk, 
> located very close to the wire..closer than I have ever seen..and..the 
> key cover sho nuff seems to be attached to this music desk. This is 
> the kind that folds back nicely.
>
> Upon removing the 2 screws I mentioned above, there was still no 
> 'give' to this hunk of wood. Looking under the keybed, I saw 4 screws 
> on either side of the bed. Upon removing the screws from one side of 
> the bed, that side that should now be loose still was not.
>
> There were no buttons on the cheek blocks hiding any screws..besides, 
> isn't that method reserved for Grands??
>
> I am baffled on how this hunk of wood is to be removed, so go 
> ahead..make me feel dumb.
>
> -Phil Bondi(Fl)
>