Hi David, Look underneath. There are usually three blocks of wood that serve as junctions for the vacuum lines through the keybed. They may or mat not have 3/16" tubes extending down. One or more of these may still be in the piano. There will probably be 8-14 screws holding the block(s) on. Remove these, seperate the pieces and the action should slide out. Let me know if that doesn't work! Steve Grattan Lost Chord Clinic ________________________________ From: David Trasoff <david at davidtrasoff.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:04:18 PM Subject: [pianotech] Steinway ex-DuoArt action removal problem Dear Listers, I am hoping that someone with more recent experience dealing with these instruments will be able to give me the clue I need. This is a 1920 Steinway Miniature with the player mechanism removed, probably many years ago. The piano is in completely original (and badly worn) condition. Apparently no work other than occasional tuning for many years. I attempted to remove the action in order to investigate sticking keys, and found that something is blocking the action from sliding forward out of the case. The action will move side to side, a little, and forward and back, up until it runs into whatever is preventing it from continuing to move forward. For all I know, the action has never been removed from the piano since the player mechanism was removed! What might have been left sticking up into the keybed that is hanging the action? Where should I look and what might I be looking for? Thanks for your suggestions. David Trasoff --- David Trasoff Professional Piano Service 4130 Verdugo View Drive Los Angeles, CA 90065 Tel: 323-255-7783 Fax: 323-313-1519 david at professionalpianoservice.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090113/001790e6/attachment.html>
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