------------EB33A9A75230 Dear John. (I alway wanted so say that) Each style of spinet warrants a different method. If you are removing the type with droplifters with wooden buttons on top and elbows on the other end detach the button from the key and slip several layers of newpaper between the keys and the buttons. After you have done this to all keys and have removed the screws lift the action out. To replace action lay newpaper over the keys and place the action back in piano. It doesn't work in all situations but most. It you have an old style Baldwin Acrosonic (usually Cincinnati built) remove 2 or 3 of the top damper blocks. Raise a pickup finger in each section and place a damper block as far down on the metal pin of the finger as possible and tighten the set screw on the damper block. This helps keep the pickup guide rail from coming off which can lead to a lot of social comment should it do so. There are different tricks for every type. These just come to mind. Lord if they would have just made the pianos taller. They are just to short for me to work on. Good luck Lee M. Sankey LSankey@swbell.net ------------EB33A9A75230 <HTML><BODY> <DT>Dear John.</DT> <DT> (I alway wanted so say that)</DT> <DT> </DT> <DT>Each style of spinet warrants a different method. If you are removing the type with droplifters with wooden buttons on top and elbows on the other end detach the button from the key and slip several layers of newpaper between the keys and the buttons. After you have done this to all keys and have removed the screws lift the action out. To replace action lay newpaper over the keys and place the action back in piano. It doesn't work in all situations but most.</DT> <DT> </DT> <DT>It you have an old style Baldwin Acrosonic (usually Cincinnati built) remove 2 or 3 of the top damper blocks. Raise a pickup finger in each section and place a damper block as far down on the metal pin of the finger as possible and tighten the set screw on the damper block. This helps keep the pickup guide rail from coming off which can lead to a lot of social comment should it do so.</DT> <DT> </DT> <DT>There are different tricks for every type. These just come to mind. Lord if they would have just made the pianos taller. They are just to short for me to work on.</DT> <DT> </DT> <DT> </DT> <DT>Good luck</DT> <DT> </DT> <DT>Lee M. Sankey</DT> <DT>LSankey@swbell.net</DT> </BODY> </HTML> ------------EB33A9A75230--
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