Kimball baby grand: could take out the rubber buttons on top but blocks wouldn't come out. There was an unusual vertical nameboard that appeared to be put in just by pressure...... no pull knobs, etc. Took a thin screwdriver' put in between the metal plate and the stretcher and the board came out easily; that gave access to the screws on the back of the cheekblocks. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rex Roseman To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Cheek Block removal question... Larry I once ran into a piano where the only way to get to the screws for the cheek blocks was to take off the strip of wood trim that hides the gap between the stretcher and the harp. There was enough room to reach into the gap to access the screws. Sorry I can't confirm if it was the make that you are working on, as I was called in because the regular tuner couldn't get it apart and the customer was desperate. Never saw the piano again and have no records. Rex Roseman PS In response to the posting on Zen and motorcycle repair, my version in the case of the above piano was that after I had done all the "smart" things to get the check blocks off, I started to take apart the "stupid" things that I "knew" have no relation to the cheek blocks. The first one that I tried that time worked. Hi...I'm trying to find out how to remove the cheek blocks (for action removal) on a 1986 Story & Clark baby grand ser.# 901037. There are no screws underneath and nothing under the rubber button on the cheek block. Also, there are no screws under the key slip. Maybe I need new glasses. Thanks for any help offered. Larry Trischetta, Pocono NE Chapter -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 475 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090513/5d854cb2/attachment.htm>
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