<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>"Planned obsolesence?"</EM><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Naaaaawwww! Grab a saw and cut the sides off - kinda opens things up a bit & makes things a whole lot easier to work on. Definately helps the plate go in and out easier. Below is a picture of a Mason & Hamlin upright with the sides removed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:00bd01c65a9c$4eaa00c0$0201a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </DIV></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><BR> </DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2 PTSIZE="10">I had trouble removing the plate from a Mason & Hamlin upright too.  The right key bed support had to have a notch made to get at one screw.   Even though it had five or six screws into the side of the piano case, it was also glued. <BR><BR>Then when the plate was loose, it still couldn't be removed due to a piece of walnut moulding glued to the case top that was wider than the top to hide the top edge of the plate casting.  I damaged the moulding trying to remove it, so will have to cut a new one when it goes back together. <BR><BR>It was obvious this piano case was built up after the sound board and plate were attached with little consideration to future disassembly for rebuilding.  Planned obsolesence? <BR><BR>Loren Hedahl <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>