That never crossed my mind, Bill. Sorry. "He's got really good arms." :-) -- JF On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:14 PM, William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net> wrote: > Well, la de da, Mr. Not Height Challenged! > > ;-] > > Yeah, actually that's a good method. I think I've done it, but my short > arms make it a little more challenging for me. > > William R. Monroe > > > > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:11 PM, John Formsma <formsma at gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:02 AM, William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Proper way to re-install?? Whatever works. I usually place the >>> fallboard on the keys in the open position, about at the front edge of the >>> sharps. Then I position the two cheek blocks on their posts. Then, lift >>> the fallboard slightly and rotate to about 45 degrees and place into >>> position. Some folks put the cheek blocks on outside the piano and balance >>> the assembly to install as one piece. I've had the cheek blocks fall off >>> too many times so I've stuck with the method I've outlined above. >>> >>> William R. Monroe >>> >> >> >> I think we are doing exactly the same thing at the end, but different at >> the beginning. >> >> Here's the way I do it. With the fallboard on the floor (or on your lap >> or wherever), put the cheek blocks on. Then, slide your index fingers over >> each post to hold them in place as you pick up the fallboard and cheek >> blocks. This way, the blocks cannot fall off as you lift the fallboard to >> place it back in the piano. Then, set the fallboard and cheek blocks back >> in the piano as you describe above, and work everything back into its place. >> >> Works well for me. >> >> -- >> JF >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100306/a174d684/attachment.htm>
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