Well, if I could get the fallboard to move to a 45degree angle, that would be great. But, as I said it will only move about 1/4 inch. I assume it is attached to the cheekblocks sort of like the steinways or some other older types. Wally --- gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Wally, > Could this be like the one I had, with screws > holding the fallboard on via brass slats inserted in > the fallboard ends, and visible by looking at the > end > with the fallboard at a 45 degree angle? Perhaps if > you could get at those screws, you could slide the > fallboard off the slats, then unscrew the > cheekblocks > and keyslip and pull the action? > Thump > > --- Wally Scherer <afinetune@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I have a new customer, a restaurant, with an old > > Brambach baby grand. Not too bad shape - new > strings > > and pins within the last few years, I'd say. > > > > Out of the left side by the bass hammers comes a > > cord, > > fairly new, evidently from a heater bar under the > > pin > > block area. > > > > Trouble is I can't get the fallboard to close, and > > therefore can't get it off for action removal. > > (Needs > > regulation.) It only moves about a quarter of an > > inch > > with all the screws out from under the cheek > blocks, > > etc. > > > > I've checked with a mirror but can't see anything > > catching. I've felt with a bent coathanger behind > > the > > fallboard, but can't feel anything in the way. I > can > > see enough between the top of the fallboard and > > bottom > > of the pinblock to see that nothing is blocking > > anything there. > > > > I guess the next step is to hire some strong men > to > > pick up the piano, after removing the lyre and > rear > > leg, tilt it toward the rear, and shake it to see > if > > anything falls out from the fallboard area. > > > > Any other ideas? > > > > Wally Scherer, Palm Beach County, Florida > > > > ____ ===== Wallace T. Scherer, Piano technician, music educator P.O. Box 4121, Lantana, Florida, 33465 Phone: 561-432-4121 Web page: http://www.angelfire.com/biz6/afinetune __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools
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