Steinway L Desk Glide Bass Side

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David
? I?have come to?consider this little rebuilders obstacle as an incredible black hole for time if not careful. (AMHIK).....& the potential for a cluttered looking repair.
? I've never had to take this piece off to get at an L plate but there's always a first.
??After years of trying to pry the glides?out in one piece which seemed to be seldom, I no longer concern myself with saving them, so they are routinely dispatched & ?destroyed in the process, which is ok, as we always enlarge & clean the slots with a router bit...slightly,?with a fence arrangement mounted to a laminate trimmer.??Enlarging them slightly gives a little more mass & stiffness to the flimsy original system. Sound familiar? For me it's easier to do this than diddle away time with whatever to get the slots clean enough, in the hope that?a reglued original slide will work. Hey, but?sometimes they do.
? With the router arrangement. It takes ten minutes to set up ?get perfect looking joint. Making new slides is also not difficult with a table saw.? It takes more time to do the finishing than anything else but it is what it is. I use quick clamps to glue them in & they don break or fall out later .
? Good advice Ed

?? Just my 2 cents
? Dale




David writes: 
<< > On a Steinway L the bass end desk glide is in the way of getting the 
plate
> out.  I'm curious how others deal with this.  I have my own method but I'd
> like to know yours.  On the L (remember) it's not those little strips, it's 
an entire wedge
shaped piece that's attached to the side of the case. >>

Greetings, 
    On the model L, it is usually necessary to take off the slide,(which I 
do, usually easily enough, by rapping them on the top with a hardwood block, cut 

exactly square and held tight to the side as I rap.  Going from end to end, 
it is easy enough to shock the glue joint apart.  
   I have never had to remove the bolster that is attached to the side,  but 
remember, on an L, with the cast in plate horn that sits in the cavity, the 
bass end of the plate has to be lifted first, even though it seems 
counter-intuitive. Just set up your hoist so that the bass end lifts first.   
The plate was 
installed after the bolster was attached to the body, so the plate will pivot 
past it with just the right angle.  
Regards,



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