<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <div>Marshall and others.</div> <div> </div> <div>First off, you can use a small 1/4" blade screw driver, to unlock most locks that have one of those triangle shaped locks. Just shine a flash light ion the hole to see what you've got. </div> <div> </div> <div>But here is my take on pianos with locks, especially when it's in a school or church. The piano is locked to keep unauthorized people from playing it. So someone has to have a key. Most likely the music teacher or choir director. If one of them called to have the piano tuned, it should be that person's responsibility to make sure the piano is unlocked. If it aint, tough. A lock on a piano is like a piano in a locked room. Someone in that school or church wanted to have the piano tuned. If you can't get to it, then the piano won't get tuned. You should make some effort to find the person with a key. But if the responsible person isn't around, it's their problem. I realize it's a wasted trip on your part. But I consider that part of doing business. It's like not finding someone home for their appointment. It happens. Deal with it. </div> <div> </div> <div>Just my 2 cents worth.</div> <div> </div> <div>Wim Blees</div> <div>Hawaii. <br> <br> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both"> <div> </div> </div> <br> <br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Laura Olsen <ajoyfulsound@gmail.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 4:20 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] piano keys<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_1_92426e6a-de67-46ff-9a81-0ea878cb6fab>Scaff sells a couple of different kinds.   A triangle and another that looks more like a ..."key".  You can get one from Yamaha for the P22s and Grands.  I keep a collection with me at all times.  Kawai, Yamaha, Steinway.   <div>It's a bad beginning to a day when You can't get inside the piano to service it.</div> <div>Laura<br> <div> <div>On Jan 5, 2012, at 11:13 AM, Tom Driscoll wrote:</div> <BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Good advice Matthew with one exception. Baldwin doesn't answer the phone anymore and when they last did answer such a request would be beyond their capability .</FONT></div> <div><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sad but true.</FONT></div> <div><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Tom D</FONT></div> <div><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </div> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=toddpianoworks@att.net href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">Matthew Todd</A> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 05, 2012 11:06 AM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] piano keys</div> <div><br> </div> <div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Just call each manufacturer, Baldwin, Yamaha, Steinway, etc and order an upright and grand key.  A Yamaha upright key will open the P22 and other Yamaha upright models.<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR><BR style="RIGHT: auto" class=yui-cursor></SPAN></div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div><B><FONT color=#0000ff size=4><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#0000ff size=4><U>TODD PIANO WORKS</U></FONT></B> <br> <FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3>Matthew Todd, Piano Technician</FONT> <br> <FONT size=3>(979) 248-9578</FONT></FONT></div> <div><FONT color=#0000ff size=3><A href="http://www.toddpianoworks.com/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.toddpianoworks.com</A></FONT></div> <div><br> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr readonly="true"></div> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Marshall Gisondi <<A href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">pianotune05@hotmail.com</A>><br> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <br> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, January 5, 2012 9:53 AM<br> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [pianotech] piano keys<br> </FONT><br> <div id=yiv1983464428> <STYLE>#AOLMsgPart_1_92426e6a-de67-46ff-9a81-0ea878cb6fab td{color: black;} #AOLMsgPart_1_92426e6a-de67-46ff-9a81-0ea878cb6fab #yiv1983464428 .yiv1983464428hmmessage P { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } #AOLMsgPart_1_92426e6a-de67-46ff-9a81-0ea878cb6fab #yiv1983464428 BODY.yiv1983464428hmmessage { FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt } </STYLE> <div> <div dir=ltr><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Hi Everyone,</FONT><br> <FONT size=3 face=Arial>I'd like to know where you would recommend I find keys to unlock pianos in case I get in a jam like I did yesterday.  While at one of my schools, a Yamaha P22 lid was locked. Fortunately we found a teacher who had it.  Would I simply go through Yamaha or woudl Schaff or Pianotek have the right key?  Is this key a universal one for Yamaha, or is it strictly for the P22?  How many keys should I have on hand and what kinds just in case I get into a jam again? Thanks</FONT><br> <FONT size=3 face=Arial>Marshall</FONT><br> <br> <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond, Times, Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><br> <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond, Times, Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marshall's Piano Service</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><br> <B><EM><FONT size=3 face=Garamond><A href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">pianotune05@hotmail.com</A></FONT></EM></B><br> <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond, Times, Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">215-510-9400</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><br> <B><EM><FONT size=3 face=Garamond><A href="http://www.phillytuner.com/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.phillytuner.com</A> </FONT></EM></B><br> <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond, Times, Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind <A href="http://www.pianotuningschool.org/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.pianotuningschool.org</A> Vancouver, WA<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond, Times, Serif"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></div> </div> </div> <br> <br> </div> </div> </div> </BLOCKQUOTE></div> </BLOCKQUOTE></div> <br> </div> </div> </div> </font>