[pianotech] Scrunch time with no key for access

Susan Kline skline at peak.org
Tue Dec 21 14:20:49 MST 2010


<GRIN> Good for you!

You took off the keyslip and the fallboard while they were still 
attached to each other ......

Merry Christmas, Keith

Susan


On 12/21/2010 1:14 PM, Mr. Mac's wrote:
> List,
>
> Went to tune this Cable Spinet piano (see image) in a Golden Corral restaurant  Monday morning.
>
> Ooops, what do I find, a hasp and a lock restricting opening the fall board. And do I have a key … of course not. Does the restaurant have a key … no way. It is now 9AM.
>
> I made a phone call and discovered I would have to leave to get one of two keys available elsewhere in the city and get the job done before the restaurant doors at 11AM . Didn't want to do try making it happen, but what choice did I have.
>
> But wait,  the lightbulb of there is another way to circumvent making that trip for the key and accomplish the task at hand.
>
> I ended up tuning the piano (two passes), brushed the hammer faces with a brass brush and cleaned the keys. Voila!
>
> Care to guess how this was could be?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Keith McGavern, RPT
>




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