On Feb 14, 2011, at 12:04 PM, John Formsma wrote: > I don't recall if this has been mentioned on the list, but perhaps I missed it. Ran across this 1942-ish Wurlitzer spinet last week. I had not seen this particular case before. It appears to have a "roll top desk" key cover. > > Interesting, but I couldn't see a way to remove the key cover without either breaking it apart or taking apart the case. See the pictures. Anyone seen these before? And is there an easy way to remove the cover? I looked, but all I could see was a definite stopping place in each arm, and a definite stopping place near the plate. I tried to see if flexing the cover might help it get out at the plate, but that didn't work. I supposed it is possible that removing the keyslip and cheek blocks might reveal a way, but it looked like the cover stops are in the arms themselves, which wouldn't be affected by the keyslip. (Sorry I didn't get a picture of that. I meant to, but it slipped my mind when the appointment ran long due to two bass strings breaking during the tuning.) > > It appears that all the normal work that pianos need could be done with the cover in place. Just seemed a strange way to design it. > > Not pictured are the metal stops that screw in near the plate. You can see the screw holes for them in the third picture. John, I have one of these type pianos that I have serviced. Right at the moment I can't remember how the roll top comes off, I only remember that it slides right out after removing ?? The key stop rail shifts to the left or right, and then it can be removed. Keith McGavern
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