Upright Lid Removal

[gordon stelter]

Dear Terry,
    My old Knabes have lids with the screw/keyed slot
arrangement, and I sure wish I had known the first
time I tried removing one!!! But my 1899 M&H (#5)
upright had the lid rear GLUED to the block! Sorry. 
     And I have only taken the sides off a piano once,
with a big, long "floor scraping" chisel, driven in
from underneath with a sledge while the piano was on a
tilter. Came off clean enough to glue back on, but I
vowed that ( if I ever did this again ) I would drill
some 1/2" holes directly and perpendicularly into the
back/sides glue line from the rear, to insert dowell
sections to act as "keys" in the re-gluing process, to
keep stuff from sliding all over the place!
      Hope this helps! Certainly would like to hear
from others who have done this, regarding their
particular methods!!! 
     Thump

--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Anyone know how a 1913 M&H lid is attached. Most
> that I have seen have to or more wood screws going
> into the framing and have the heads sticking out.
> Slots are recessed into the bottom of the lid and
> the lid slides onto these screw heads. Is this how
> this one is attached? If so, which way do I pound on
> the lid - pound from the front or the rear? Thanks.
> 
> Terry Farrell
>   
> 
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