Steinway model Z weak bass

[Michael Magness]

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Willem Blees <wimblees at aol.com> wrote:

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> From: David Boyce <David at piano.plus.com>
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>   The top lid is hinged from the left hand end, a thing I've seen before -
> I guess it was meant to impart the impression of opening a grand lid. But in
> what I feel is a design flaw, the hinge pin must be removed to take off the
> lid for tuning, and it has to be withdrawn from the back, which means
> pulling the piano out from the wall.
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> Can't you insert the hinge pin from the front?
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> Wim
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Samick did this with theirs for a while an impossibly long hingepin about 10
to 12" that pulled out from the back. Every one of them that I encountered
was "modified to be front removable!

Mike

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Michael Magness
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