Mystery part

[Dave Smith]

OK, I see what you were talking about Dale,   WHen I tried to remove the 
plate, there WAS a strip of wood nailed to the stretcher which did interfer 
with the plate removal.  Got my trusty baby pry bar and got it off.  Perhaps 
a previous rebuilder had put this removable strip on with the finish nails. 
Dont know.  But all I need to do is repair the pry bar marks after 
reinstallation.  First chance to use the $300+ order of various stuff from 
Mohawk.  Life is wonderful.


Dave Smith
SW FL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: Mystery part


>
>>   Dave
>>   Ok ok... I cranked down the front 2 nose bolts as far as I could & it 
>> still required the back of the plate coming waaaaaaay up first to 
>> extricate it. Scary. Nothing broke. Nothing bent. WHew.
>>     I'm going to remove the piece of stretcher lip that was hangin over 
>> the front of the plate  & install a long wooden filler piece with screws 
>> once the plate goes back in. What were they thinking..  Thanks me later?
>>  Dale
>
> I have one torn down in the shop right now. I cut the overhang off the 
> spreader before pulling the plate, and will replace it with a screwed on 
> (up?) strip. What were they thinking? They were thinking that the plate 
> was already on the inner rim and strung before the outer rim went on, and 
> I seriously doubt that any piano prior to Baldwin, who had (has?) complete 
> replacement soundboard assemblies on their price list, ever considered the 
> possibility of rebuilding during the design phase.
>
> The mystery part has a hole and mortise in it in this piano too, and is 
> used as a hammer rail lift lever mount for the Ampico "A" player.
> Ron N