<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html style="font-size: x-small; font-family: MS Sans Serif"> <head> <title>RE: Side lifting tops on vertical pianos</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"/> </head> <body> <p> I usually run into ceiling problems with these pianos...I just remove the pin...although filing the pin end does seem worthwhile...I always apply a little Protek thick lube...<br/><br/>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/></p> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Bruce Dornfeld" <bdornfeld@earthlink.net> </bdornfeld@earthlink.net><br/>To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> </pianotech@ptg.org><br/>Received: 3/10/2008 2:53:11 PM<br/>Subject: Side lifting tops on vertical pianos<br/><br/> <p> </p> <div align="left">I ran in one just today.  Here is a picture of the piano held open with the sectional steel rods.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Bruce Dornfeld, RPT</div> <div><a href="mailto:bdornfeld@earthlink.net">bdornfeld@earthlink.net</a></div> <div>847-498-0379</div> <div> </div> <p> </p> </div> </body> </html>