<!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 5.50.4207.2601" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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 !!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve Grattan</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Associate member</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lost Chord Clinic</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Port Huron, MI 48060</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>lostchordclinic@ameritech.net</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 20, 2094 = 2:01 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Plate removal = ???</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Imagine if you will...  Schiedmayer 1910 = grand.  I'm trying to get the plate out.  The plate is routinely screwed = in around the perimeter and in the webbing.  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?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>