[pianotech] difficult action removal

[wimblees at aol.com]

Jere

You've gotten some good advice on how to remove the action brackets from the posts. Another suggestion is to try to put a big screw driver blade between the bracket and the plate, then turning the blade. Do this a little on each bracket, until you can use the screw driver blade underneath the posts, to get more leverage. 

When replace the bracket, use a 12" long piece of wood, (I use a 3/4" quarter round, that I use to pick up a bunch of hammers for traveling.) and tap it on the bracket, just below the posts, with a hammer. I do this all the time, even when the action goes in fairly easy, just to make sure the brackets are seated tight. 


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT 
Piano Tuner/Technician
94-505 Kealakaa Str. 
Mililani, Oahu, HI  96789
808-349-2943 
www.Bleespiano.com
Author of: 
The Business of Piano Tuning 
available from Potter Press 
www.pianotuning.com



-----Original Message-----
From: jere fryett <jerefryett at hotmail.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2009 7:55 am
Subject: [pianotech] difficult action removal


List,
 
I have a client with a Lowrey console.  There is a rubbery squeak when she uses the sustain pedal.  I believe it is coming from the center of the action and that the damper rod is the culprit.  My problem is that I cannot get the action to pull off the action bracket bolts.  The down pressure of the bolts on the bracket saddles is so excessive that I cannot move the action.  I am afraid if I were to succeed in removing the action that I would not be able to replace it.  Have any of you had this problem and, if so, what was your solution. The lady just bought this piano from a store and she is greatly upset by the squeak.
 
Thanks for your help.
 
Jere

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