[pianotech] Mathushek GLUED-in action?

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

It looks to me that the footings are glued in, not the action.  Are the action brackets metal or wood?  Have you tried pulling it toward you? If it really is glued in, at that age I'd think that glue failure would be easy to achieve. ;-}

Conrad Hoffsommer




> From: a440 at bresnan.net
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 15:05:20 -0700
> Subject: [pianotech] Mathushek GLUED-in action?
> 
> Dear List,
> 
> First:  Happy New Year to you all!
> 
> Recently I worked on a Mathuschek (that's how it was spelled on the decal, 
> with a "c") vertical.  Serial number 12307, which puts a "Mathushek" (without 
> the "c", and the only similar name in the Pierce Atlas) in a  birth date range 
> of 1880-1885.
> 
> I was going to remove the action to shape the hammers, but after I removed the 
> screws on the side which appeared to be securing the action I still couldn't 
> lift it out.  On closer inspection I saw no more screws but removing the keys 
> adjacent to the brackets revealed what seems to ME to be a GLUED-in action.
> 
> Am I right?  Is it glued in?  And if I wanted to remove it for repairs, would 
> I have to soak what looks to me like hide glue there in order to remove it?
> 
> Picture attached.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> John Dorr, RPT
> Helena, MT
> 
> 
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