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<DIV><FONT size=2>If they are carriage bolts, they do not extend =
through the rim
to the underside of the keybed. It seems that the plate and block =
may have
been assembled outside the piano with the carriage bolts fastening to =
the
underside of the block where the block sits on the inner rim. Then =
the
block/plate was dropped into the piano and the block glued to the inner
rim. Es posible? If so, this would make removing the plate =
more
difficult, no?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Any ideas?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=yardbird@pop.vermontel.net
href="mailto:yardbird@pop.vermontel.net">Bill Ballard</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> July 20, 2001 5:15 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Plate removal =
???</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>At 7:37 AM -0400 7/20/01, Steve Grattan wrote:<BR>Hi, I =
just
had a J&C Fischer Ampico grand with the same arrangement and the =
"rivets"
were actually carraige bolts and there were nuts and lockwashers =
buried in the
pinblock. Try looking with a mirror. Good luck !!<BR><BR>----- =
Original
Message -----<BR>From: <<A
=
href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>David">mailto:davidlovepiano=
s@earthlink.net>David</A>
Love<BR>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech<BR>Sent: =
Tuesday, July
20, 2094 2:01 AM<BR><BR>In the front corners of the plate, however, =
there are
two rivet like heads where you would normally find a couple of large =
and long
screws. Smooth. No slot. The plate doesn't budge at that end. What =
gives, or
doesn't? Anybody?<BR><BR>Or it could be 19th century style Chickering =
square
grand construction where what you're looking at are the heads of long =
carriage
bolts which go all the way through the rim and whose nuts are actually =
buried
just below the surface on the underside of the keybed. Look for sings =
of
inlays there.<BR><BR>Bill Ballard RPT<BR>NH Chapter, =
P.T.G.<BR><BR>"Filing the
bridgepins sure puts a sparkle on the restringing, but is best done =
before the
plate is re-installed"<BR>...........recent shop journal
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