<WBR>Robin<br> <br> Pulling the pin out is the easy part. Putting it back in is what creates the problem. The hinges have to be lined up perfectly. If they are not, it is easy to bend the long hinge pin as you try to push it back in. Bruce's idea is fantastic. I hope it makes it into the Journal's Tips sections.  <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Robin Stevens <pianobee@bigpond.com><br> To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:33 pm<br> Subject: RE: Side lifting tops on vertical pianos<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48> <STYLE> @#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 font-face {font-family:"MS Sans Serif"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} #AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 p.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 li.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 a:link,#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 a:visited,#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 p {mso-style-priority:99; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;}#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}#AOLMsgPart_2_debff7f9-4075-4904-a57b-a41eaaa62a48 div.Section1 {page:Section1;}</STYLE> <div class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">I would say that by the time you have gone out to your car and returned, you could have pulled that hinge pin out! If the first time it has to be pulled from the back put it back so that it can be pulled from the front.</SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Robin </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></div> <div> <div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <div class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B>AlliedPianoCraft<br> <B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 11 March 2008 8:43 AM<br> <B>To:</B> Pianotech List<br> <B>Subject:</B> Re: Side lifting tops on vertical pianos</SPAN></div> </div> </div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Works in the bass and tenor, but how do you tune the treble?</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'"></SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'"> </SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Al Guecia</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'"></SPAN></div> </div> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 3pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; MARGIN: 5pt 0cm 5pt 3pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">----- Original Message ----- </SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A title=bdornfeld@earthlink.net href="mailto:bdornfeld@earthlink.net">Bruce Dornfeld</A> </SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Monday, March 10, 2008 5:53 PM</SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Side lifting tops on vertical pianos</SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'"> </SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'">I ran in one just today.  Here is a picture of the piano held open with the sectional steel rods.</SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'"> </SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'"> </SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'">Bruce Dornfeld, RPT</SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'"><A href="mailto:bdornfeld@earthlink.net">bdornfeld@earthlink.net</A></SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'">847-498-0379</SPAN></div> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'"> </SPAN></div> </div> </BLOCKQUOTE></div> </div> <div id='u8CA5125A1D36400-160C-1668' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Supercharge your AIM. 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