Action removal

[William Benjamin]

Greetings,

Some times there are holes in the arms of the front legs.   If there is a
hole at the back, the front legs need to be reversed.

Every piano comes apart, some just have more grace than others.

William




PIANO BOUTIQUE
William Benjamin
Piano Tuner Extraordinaire
www.pianoboutique.biz
The tuner alone,
preserves the tone.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Richard Day
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:53 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Action removal

A Grinnel baby grand.  I need to remove the action.  After removing the key 
slip I found the only screws on the bottom of the keybed were those to hold 
on the legs.  On the cheek blocks on either end of the keyboard is a screw 
that goes from the front on about a 45 degree angle into the keybed.  (See 
crude diagram attached).

I removed those screws and although the cheek blocks move and are somewhat 
loose they will not come out.  Also the fall board doesn't seem to be 
attached to the cheek blocks and it doesn't appear that it will come out 
even if I did get the cheek blocks out.

This is first time in 20 years I haven't been able to remove an action.


HELP PLEASE

Dick Day
Marshall