<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 acc_role="text" CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"> <DIV> <DIV>Mike...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>sometimes the brass on the cheek blocks were put on the wrong side, and sometimes they slant enough in the wrong direction to matter.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Try reversing the brass inserts on the blocks to see if that helps. Don't pull on them to remove them, insteat, tap them on the bottom to eject them.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ciao,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>RJ</DIV> <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="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:mjmccoy@usa.com href="mailto:mjmccoy@usa.com">Mike McCoy</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 07, 2008 11:35 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> S&S "O" Fallboard</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi All,<BR><BR>    I have a customer with a rebuilt "O". The fallboard does not open as <BR>far as I believe it should and she is afraid of it falling on the kids <BR>fingers. It definitely does not sit vertical and I can easily slip my <BR>fingers in between the fallboard and the stretcher. There is absolutely <BR>nothing wrong with it that I can see, not hitting anything, acts the <BR>same with the action out. The fallboard is opening to the point where it <BR>presses against it's felt covered stop on the cheekblock and the felt is <BR>thin. Removing the felt would not give needed clearance to do the job. I <BR>can certainly shave the block down to make it work but that's not the <BR>right thing to do if I am missing something obvious. The s/n on the <BR>blocks does match the piano.The brass pivot plates on the blocks are not <BR>adjustable in any way as they are mortised into the blocks.  The pivot <BR>plates are not interchangable (side to side) because of their shape (the <BR>bottom angle of the plates match the angle of the blocks).  I don't get <BR>it. <BR><BR>Also, should an "O" have a flat spring inside to hold the fallboard up? <BR>Is this possibly the only problem?<BR><BR>Thanks!<BR><BR>Mike McCoy<BR>Langhorne, PA<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>