Sometimes the bolts bare down too much. I usually use my tuning hammer, and hook it around the bracket, and kind of tap it out. Putting it back, I just kind of tap it in. Mind you, I suppose the proper fix, would be to bend the bolts up a bit, so the action can be moved out freely. Not too much, you don't want it to be loose. Is it really a spinet? John Ross, Windsor, Nova Scotia On 20-Mar-10, at 5:00 PM, Duane McGuire wrote: > What is the process to remove an action from a 1958 Story and Clark > spinet? > > Back story: > I've been tuning in my shop every morning, preparing for the RPT > exam. As a tuner, I'm not even close to part-time. But since I'm > preparing for the exam, I've poked my head out the foxhole, and have > been tuning a few pianos in the wild. This is how I discovered > spinet pianos! > > For this piano, I discovered that a a treble string was broken. I > thought I could be of service and replace the string. But since the > bridge pins were hidden behind the action, it seemed that I would > need to remove the action to do the repair. I loosened the nose > bolt nuts. I tugged at the top of the action bracket, and nothing > budged. At that point, I simply said to my self, "Fine! You didn't > want to find out about removing a spinet action today anyway!" So I > prudently let the sleeping dog lie. > > It seemed rather cowardly, but that's what I did. > > > -- > Duane McGuire > 801-830-5858 > http://blog.duanemcguire.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100320/a9e26e74/attachment.htm>
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