[pianotech] pianotech Digest, Vol 27, Issue 8

[Joseph Garrett]

Unable to open the pics. Please try a different system? In the meantime, I
suspect that the action you are attempting to remove is attached to the key
frame and the whole thing slides out like a grand. Look under the keybed
for screws to remove.
Regards,
Joe

Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
Captain of the Tool Police
Squares R I


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>    1. Mathushek GLUED-in action? (John Dorr)
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> Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:05:20 -0700
> From: "John Dorr" <a440 at bresnan.net>
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> Subject: [pianotech] Mathushek GLUED-in action?
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> Dear List,
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> 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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