[pianotech] Mathushek GLUED-in action?

[Susan Kline]

Hi, John

I think I worked on one of these once. Had me going for a few minutes.

If yours is like the one I worked on, the whole thing pulls toward you 
just like
a grand, keys and all. So you never lift the action out, it just stays 
perched
there. If I remember right (it may have been ten years ago this 
happened) you
have to undo some screws holding the keyframe in place.

Good luck.

Susan Kline




On 1/2/2011 2:05 PM, John Dorr wrote:
> 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
>
>
>