I have borrowed a broom, or yardstick from the customer. Recently on the list, I read where someone uses the threaded rods used for removing drop actions. It is sold by Schaff. ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul McCloud To: Pianotech List Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 12:08 PM Subject: RE: Propping up side-hinged lid Hi, Paul: I don't know about that exact model, but Yamaha has a special type of hinge pin on some of their pianos. If you turn it in the hinge (not remove it), the hinge will come apart. There are flats ground into the hinge pin that allow this to happen. Lift the lid on the hinge side while you turn the hinge pin- you'll find the lid will detach at a certain point. Of course, if this model doesn't have that kind of hinge pin, you'll have to move the piano away from the wall and remove the pin. I doubt that you'll have to unscrew the hinges. But then, what do I know. Someone else on this list will confirm or deny this. Paul McCloud San Diego Paul McCloud Service Technician for PianoSD.com www.pianoservsd.com Created with free BlueVoda software: http://www.vodahost.com/partner/idevaffiliate.php?id=9223_1_3_9 ----- Original Message ----- From: PAUL CLEMENT To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: 09/08/2008 7:43:54 AM Subject: Propping up side-hinged lid Hi all This is my first post to the list... I have a question about techniques for propping open the lid of a piano with a side hinged lid. I tuned a Yamaha M1A the other day and couldn't figure out a good way to get the lid open high enough so that I could get my tuning hammer on the pins vertically. I tried flipping the lid all the way open but it hit the ceiling. And short of unscrewing the hinge from the lid of case I couldn't come up with anything. Any suggestions? Thanks, Paul Clement Certified Piano Technician GTAtuner at yahoo.ca | 416.903.1871 Piano Technician's Guild Associate Member John M.Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080908/8edc3170/attachment.html
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