[pianotech] Cheek Block removal question...

[Tom Driscoll]

Subject: Re: [pianotech] Cheek Block removal question...


> Larry,
> I hope by now you have solved the problem. I ran into this on a Story & 
> Clark made by Yamaha. When the piano was moved the movers "swapped" the 
> legs unknowingly. I looked at the legs an noted a hole in the rear of each 
> leg. Found a way to prop the piano and swapped the legs and was then able 
> to access the cheekblock hold-down screw accessible through that hole in 
> the leg.
>
> Ken Gerler
>
> Ken,
Good answer. Happened to me twice and one was one of those Yamaha Story and 
Clarks.There was a carpenter working at the house and we enlisted him to 
make a rectangular frame of 2 by 6's with plywood gussets on the corners. 
With nail guns the contraption took about 10 minutes to make and was an inch 
taller than the bottom of the keybed.. With his help we lifted the piano up 
while the customer moved the device underneath. Quick work to swap front 
legs . Fun stuff.
Tom Driscoll RPT