<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>Any chance that it comes out with cheekblocks = attached (once the cheekblocks are unscrewed)?  I'm sure you've unscrewed = everything within six feet of it...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></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="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</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> Sunday, September 26, = 2004 3:46 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: fallboard = pivot</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2 = PTSIZE="10">In a message dated 9/25/04 1:23:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:draine@comcast.net">draine@comcast.net</A> writes: = <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">While doing a service call (tuning/appraisal), I was = foiled in my first <BR>attempt at removing the fallboard from a a 71 yr. old = Marshall & <BR>Wendell 4' 8" grand. The fallboard has brass slotted = pieces which seat <BR>onto the pivots which are fastened into the inside of the = case. While <BR>one end slid out gracefully, the other wouldn't give. I = believe (based <BR>on past experience with similar M&W's) the screws = which seat the pivot <BR>are loose, and the pivot point wobbles around as I try = to remove the <BR>fallboard, thus foiling my attempts. <BR>Aside from = yanking it out by brute force (thereby either trashing the <BR>fallboard, or = sending me flying backward onto the floor at the very <BR>least), are there = any helpful hints from thew assembled wisdom? <BR>I was thinking perhaps = if I had an extra pair of hands I could use a <BR>very thin screwdriver = or blade to stabilize the pin, and *then* lift <BR>the fallboard out. Anyone = run into this problem aside from me? <BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=3 PTSIZE="12" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" = BACK="#ffffff"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial = color=#000000 size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" BACK="#ffffff"><BR>Hi Patrick, = <BR><BR>I wish I could help.  I ran into the same problem on a piano once, and if = memory serves, it was indeed a Marshall and Wendell.  I thought maybe = there was a retracting, spring-loaded pin that a thin blade could push back into = the fallboard, thus releasing the fall board, but that didn't work. =  I never did get it to open. <BR><BR>Let us know if you can figure out a way to = get it off. <BR><BR>Thanks, <BR><BR>Dave Stahl</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>