<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV>You guys! Sheesh.... so much trouble to open the piano. Read the instructions. For heaven's sake, just do what I did.... Fiddle with it for about 15 minutes, turn to the owner and say: "You know how to open this thing?" Why it makes you look so brilliant, so professional, so smart!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Actually, I felt pretty stupid but, luckily, the owner didn't know either so she didn't show me up. And I did figure it out eventually. My Wurly was a little different than Terry's....his is real purty.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>By the way, I thought almost all piano manufacturing ceased during WWII, in favor of war material production, but I guess Wurlitzer was chugging along.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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> 08/28/2005 10:36:23 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Puzzlement</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Joe. Did it look a bit like the beauty pictured below? To open the sides, there are two screws below the keybed on both sides where the curved side piece meets the kneeboard (one a few inches below the keybed and the other maybe six inches above the floor). There might be a screw on the top part also that is accessible after the tops are opened - I don't remember as its been a few years. I had this one refinished for a lady - kinda nice because I didn't have to take the piano to the refinisher - just removed all the case pieces, threw them in the trunk of my car and dropped them off for refinishing! Definitely a way-cool cabinet.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:410-220058028183919151@13071999" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Bingo!<BR>> Boy that was quick. I did not look or record the s# but would guesstimate<BR>> about that era.<BR>> Took a while to find out how to open the thing to tune it. The two outer<BR>> lids were held in place with very strong spring clips. And not having been<BR>> moved for over 10 years, very hard to open.<BR>> Anyone remember how to open the side panels? It looked like the cheek blocks<BR>> needed to be removed to take off the innerlocking music rack. and sliding<BR>> key cover ala organ, then the sides would open. Quite the puzzle.<BR>> Very neat workmanship in putting the cabinet together.<BR>> Joe Goss RPT<BR>> Mother Goose Tools<BR>> </FONT><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>imatunr@srvinet.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> </FONT><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.mothergoosetools.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> <BR>>> I tuned a 1942 (during the war, no less) Wurlitzer exactly like that.<BR>>><BR>>> Alan Barnard<BR>>> Salem, Missouri<BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>> > What piano maker  made an upright that has three separate top lids.<BR>>> > This model also has swind open sides.<BR>>> > Joe Goss RPT<BR></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>