Moving from Uprights to Grands P.S.

[Michael Gamble]

Hello Susan and List
I have had occasion to tilt up the front of a grand action in order to slide 
the hammer heads under the pin block. One first thing to observe before 
attempting to drag out the action is..... "Are the hammers all down?"
Regards from another cloudless sunny morn in my Downland Village
Michael G.(UK)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Kline" <skline@peak.org>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: Moving from Uprights to Grands P.S.


> At 12:39 PM 7/20/2005 -0700, I wrote:
>>Also, if you are ever tempted to drive down a loose tuning pin in a grand,
>>though that is getting to be an obsolete technique these days, be
>>aware that if you don't remove the action and support the bottom
>>of the pinblock, you can cause delamination.
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> You _have_ learned how to remove a grand action without breaking hammer
> shanks or dropping keyblocks (on foot, on ivory, on bench?) (I try to
> take nothing for granted ...)
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> Susan
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