sticking fall board

[trc3j@juno.com]

No, just pulls out like a shelf. It looks and feels like it is too wide.
Could it have swollen with humidity change? Should I sand or plane it
down, or look for something I am missing?

Tim


On Sun, 9 May 2004 09:49:22 -0500 "James Grebe" <pianoman@accessus.net>
writes:
> Does this model have the scissors type fallboard?
> James Grebe
> Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair
> Artisan of Wood
> WWW.JamesGrebe.com
> 1526 Raspberry Lane
> Arnold, MO 63010
> pianoman@accessus.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <trc3j@juno.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 7:52 PM
> Subject: sticking fall board
> 
> 
> > I have a 1966 Wurlitzer spinet (nobody laugh, it was my 
> grandparent's
> > piano and Dad wanted to keep it in the family). This piano lived 
> the
> > first 29 years of it's life in Colorado and the last nine in 
> Kentucky. It
> > has actually done pretty well. The problem I am having is with the 
> fall
> > board. It goes in smooth up until the last inch and then it binds. 
> I am
> > guessing that maybe the humidity change has caused it to swell.
> > Suggestions?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > 
> > Tim
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