S&S "O" Fallboard

[Ralph Onesti]

Mike...

sometimes the brass on the cheek blocks were put on the wrong side, and sometimes they slant enough in the wrong direction to matter.

Try reversing the brass inserts on the blocks to see if that helps. Don't pull on them to remove them, insteat, tap them on the bottom to eject them.

Ciao,

RJ
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mike McCoy<mailto:mjmccoy at usa.com> 
  To: Pianotech<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org> 
  Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 11:35 AM
  Subject: S&S "O" Fallboard


  Hi All,

      I have a customer with a rebuilt "O". The fallboard does not open as 
  far as I believe it should and she is afraid of it falling on the kids 
  fingers. It definitely does not sit vertical and I can easily slip my 
  fingers in between the fallboard and the stretcher. There is absolutely 
  nothing wrong with it that I can see, not hitting anything, acts the 
  same with the action out. The fallboard is opening to the point where it 
  presses against it's felt covered stop on the cheekblock and the felt is 
  thin. Removing the felt would not give needed clearance to do the job. I 
  can certainly shave the block down to make it work but that's not the 
  right thing to do if I am missing something obvious. The s/n on the 
  blocks does match the piano.The brass pivot plates on the blocks are not 
  adjustable in any way as they are mortised into the blocks.  The pivot 
  plates are not interchangable (side to side) because of their shape (the 
  bottom angle of the plates match the angle of the blocks).  I don't get 
  it. 

  Also, should an "O" have a flat spring inside to hold the fallboard up? 
  Is this possibly the only problem?

  Thanks!

  Mike McCoy
  Langhorne, PA
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