Thank you. Here at Pianoholic's Anonymous I keep forgetting that it's not my fault, it's a disease. I've been a piano addict all my life. Fenton ----- Original Message ----- From: Elwood Doss To: Pianotech List Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:15 PM Subject: RE: Side lifting tops on vertical pianos That's fine. Come to think of it I did too! They are fun to take off and put back on. At the same time if you don't, on some of their cheaper spinets, you have to keep the fallboard pulled part way out to see what you are doing as far as tuning is concerned. I guess they all have their quirks! Have a blessed week! Joy! Elwood Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT Piano Technician/Technical Director Department of Music 145 Fine Arts Building The University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 38238 731/881-1852 FAX: 731/881-7415 HOME: 731/587-5700 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Fenton Murray [mailto:fmurray at cruzio.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Side lifting tops on vertical pianos Don't take it personal, Elwood. I threw a fit once when I was young trying to get an Acrosonic fall back on, that's all. I'm OK now, just needed to get that out. Fenton ----- Original Message ----- From: Elwood Doss To: Pianotech List Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:47 AM Subject: RE: Side lifting tops on vertical pianos Oh, c'mon, leave Baldwin alone. I've yet to see a Baldwin upright that was difficult to open up. The old Hamiltons were a piece of cake and I really like that design. Wish they hadn't changed it. I've seen some others that were a bear to get into...especially the ones with the screws and "L" brackets where the screws are difficult to see unless the lighting is extremely bright. And the side lifting tops are a pain for sure. In regard to opening up uprights, Baldwin's been pretty kind to us. Joy! Elwood Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT Piano Technician/Technical Director Department of Music 145 Fine Arts Building The University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 38238 731/881-1852 FAX: 731/881-7415 HOME: 731/587-5700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Fenton Murray [mailto:fmurray at cruzio.com] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 11:40 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Side lifting tops on vertical pianos Well, we all know Baldwin likes to make us work, I think someone told them we get paid by the hour so please do what ever you can to make your pianos hard to take apart, as in Acrosonic falls and on and on. Although the Hamilton front kind of works, if you don't destroy the action closing it. But then, that's even more work. Maybe they are trying to help us. Fenton ----- Original Message ----- From: richard.ucci at att.net To: Pianotech List Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 6:05 PM Subject: Re: Side lifting tops on vertical pianos I have the most problems with the Baldwin consoles that have the two hinges but the pins are part of the hinge and you have to line up both just right or it won't go back together. I usually have to have the client hold the right end while I position the pins and push in. Very tough for one man to do. RU/UP -------------- Original message from "John Formsma" <formsma at gmail.com>: -------------- On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Willem Blees <wimblees at aol.com> wrote: Pulling the pin out is the easy part. Putting it back in is what creates the problem. The hinges have to be lined up perfectly. If they are not, it is easy to bend the long hinge pin as you try to push it back in. Bruce's idea is fantastic. I hope it makes it into the Journal's Tips sections. It's not usually hard for me. Pushing it back in is done with one end in a small Vise Grip pliers. Yes, the hinges must be lined up. But, when you're "jiggling" them slightly while pushing in the pin, it works. -- JF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080311/6f2b6ef1/attachment.html
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