<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Jul 10, 2008, David Love wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'MS Sans Serif'; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div id="role_body" bottommargin="7" leftmargin="7" topmargin="7" rightmargin="7" bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="blue" class="hmmessage" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place">I believe those are lag bolts that extend down through the rim and emerge<br>above the legs.  They will be accessible if you remove the legs.  It's been<br>awhile since I've done one of those but recall encountering the same<br>quandary.  You don't need to cut them out.  Remove the leg and you should<br>see a nut which can be loosened to remove the bolts.    <br></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></div></span></blockquote></div><br><div>Thanks, David - I had that "Aha!  I bet they're accessible from under the legs " moment in the middle of the night.  In the shop today (Fri.), before I took a leg off to find out, I checked my email, and there was your answer.  I'm a little embarrassed that I didn't think of that sooner, and if I hadn't, your post would certainly have saved me some unnecessary work and surely a headache!  For the next rebuilder who comes across a Schiedmayer Pianofortefabrik grand, I'll add that with the leg off, the tapered round nut comes off easily with an old pair of needlenose pliers in the slots (don't stress your good needlenose pliers, or if you do, put the tips in the slots and grasp and turn the jaws with parallel-jaw pliers). </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Joe DeFazio</div><div>Pittsburgh</div></body></html>