Hard to open piano reply

[pianoman]

There are no silly questions.  Early on I ran across a WurliTzer studio I
traveled out in the country to tune and couldn't figure how to raise the
music desk and lid.  I wasted my long trip and got no money.  Later on I
learned that they used very long screws that went in from under the keybed
up into the music desk.
Try removing the rubber buttons on the top.  The screws are probably hidden
under them. Kind of like the cheek block screws on a Howard grand.
James Grebe
R.P.T. from St. Louis
pianoman@inlink.com
"Only my best is good enough"

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> From: kitster@Polarnet.com
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Hard to open piano
> Date: Friday, November 14, 1997 10:51 PM
> 
> Well, this is slightly embarrassing.  Went to tune an Acrosonic spinet
this
> morning and couldn't open the top.  This is an older piano, probably
early
> 1950s, with a unique top that folds up just like a table when it's
closed.
> When it's open, the front folds back on itself and it looks pretty
normal.
> 
> There are no hinges showing on the back of the piano, leading me to think
> the top lifts off, somehow.  I couldn't find any screws, and I tried to
> push the top forward and back, thinking it used screwheads in a friction
> plate of some kind.  No luck.  
> 
> Anyone have experience with a Baldwin of this style?  If the answer is
> really simple and will make me look foolish, you might respond privately.
> 
> Thanks
> Kit Cleworth
>