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[Roy Ulrich]

Got it. There WERE 3 large screws with square heads holding the action in
place. A needle nose vice grip was the trick. The square head was above a
flange, or neck, that acted as a washer would have.

Thanks to everybody!! Tuning hammer....Huh! Shodda thought of that.

Roy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher D. Purdy" <purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: Help


> >    Please. 1907 Kranich & Bach 6' grand. I'm having trouble  getting the
> >action out, and it appears that there are some (3) fasteners  accessable
> >throught the underside of the instrument - however - the hardware  looks
> >like a square bolt through a round washer and both are recessed into the
> >keybed. Never seen anything like it, nor have I ever seen a tool to undo
> >the  square bolt (if in fact that is the solution). Anyone??&nbsp;
> >Thanks.  Roy Ulrich
>
> Roy,
>
> First make sure some mover didn't put the leg bolts/screws in wrong.
> Sometimes one of these rocket scientists puts a long screw from leg 3 in
> leg 1 or 2 and it threads into the key frame.
>
> I am not familiar with the bolt and nut thing you mentioned.  Is it tight
> in the key bed or does it wiggle a little?  If it is wiggling, I think you
> will find either the leg screw thing or it is catching on something else.
> (shift rod, lyre screw through the bed, etc.)
>
> happy hunting
> chris
>
> -Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.
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