[pianotech] How do you ladies do it?

[David Ilvedson]

I've thought many times about having some little blocks I could screw into the middle of the piece...course I'd have to get it out first... '-]

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Barbara Nobbe" <barbara at pitchperfectpianos.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 8/20/2009 5:57:31 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] How do you ladies do it?


>James, 

>On models similar to the Yamaha T121, where the front panel is just as you 
>described, I undo the side hinges, then reach my right arm behind the board, 
>grabbing it from the bottom to lift it up off the bottom pegs and rest it briefly on the 
>cheek blocks.  Then I reposition to get a better grip by using my left hand to hold 
>from underneath the front center of the fallboard and my right hand holds the top of 
>the front panel. 

>Barbara Nobbe, RPT
>Pitch Perfect Piano Tuning & Repair
>barbara at pitchperfectpianos.com
>859-489-4793

>-----Original Message-----
>From: "James Grebe" <jamesgrebe at charter.net>

>Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:36:14 
>To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] How do you ladies do it?


>I, too, wonder how the ladies remove the larger front panels where the music 
>desk is one piece with the fallboard.  Maybe I am just weak.
>James
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <wimblees at aol.com>
>To: <Pianotech at PTG.org>
>Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:16 PM
>Subject: [pianotech] How do you ladies do it?


>> How do you take off the bottom panel when there are 2?springs?holding the 
>> thing in place? I've got a big wing span, and strong thumbs, but sometimes 
>> that's not enough to push up the springs and remove the board at the same 
>> time, especially when the springs are rusty, which most of them are here 
>> in Hawaii. Up to now I push up on one, and pull the board towards me a 
>> little, and then try to push up the other side. But I wonder if there is 
>> another way to do this. This is not to imply that this has to do with you 
>> ladies being the?"weaker" sex,?but most of you are not as big as I am and 
>> don't have the wing span. ?
>>
>>
>> Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
>> Piano Tuner/Technician
>> Mililani, Oahu, HI
>> 808-349-2943
>> Author of:
>> The Business of Piano Tuning
>> available from Potter Press
>> www.pianotuning.com
>>