[pianotech] Scrunch time with no key for access

[Amadeus Piano]

Did you unscrew the hasp or staple from inside?

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Mr. Mac's
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 4:15 PM
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Subject: [pianotech] Scrunch time with no key for access

List,

Went to tune this Cable Spinet piano (see image) in a Golden Corral
restaurant  Monday morning.

Ooops, what do I find, a hasp and a lock restricting opening the fall board.
And do I have a key . of course not. Does the restaurant have a key . no
way. It is now 9AM.

I made a phone call and discovered I would have to leave to get one of two
keys available elsewhere in the city and get the job done before the
restaurant doors at 11AM . Didn't want to do try making it happen, but what
choice did I have.

But wait,  the lightbulb of there is another way to circumvent making that
trip for the key and accomplish the task at hand.

I ended up tuning the piano (two passes), brushed the hammer faces with a
brass brush and cleaned the keys. Voila!

Care to guess how this was could be?

Sincerely,

Keith McGavern, RPT