<!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 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=1>I have, although it's been a while. As I recall, after taking off all the case parts that will come off, the keys have to come out.</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Yes, all possible space for action extraction is needed.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1>I think there are hooks on the tops of the lifters that can lift up and turn 90 degrees to allow the keys to be lifted out.</FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Yes</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1>The lifters might then be lowered through the key bed or they need to be individually removed from the action.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Most can be lowered through the keybed.  Where there is a cross-piece in the keyframe they cannot be lowered as the holes they pass through are too small.  Those have to be disconnected at the wippen.  Keep them in order!  They are bent in all manners and out of order will be a nightmare to sort out.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1>After all of that the key bed can be removed allowing access to the action.</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>On some.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1>Good luck!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=1></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>You'll need piles of that!</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Debbie</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Has anyone out there ever successfully taken the action out of a Minipiano? If so, I take my hat off to you 1,000 times.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Jesse Gitnik</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>NYC</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>PTG member 1987-1988</DIV></FONT><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></FONT><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BODY></HTML>