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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Tom,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the board in front of the key fronts =
comes off
with 4 or 5 screws from the bottom, raise 1 or 88 and look for a screw =
going
diagonallyinto the cheek block. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The surface will be painted black so =
they are hard
to see in a dimmly lit room.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 15, 2004 =
7:34
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> cheekblock/fallboard
removal</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva =
color=#000000
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">List<BR><BR>Nothing is more embarrassing =
than not
being able to get the fallboard and cheekblocks out of the piano when =
you want
to work on an action problem. This happened to me yesterday with =
a
Howard grand, circa 1920s. Fallboard did not lift out. =
Cheekblocks
had screws from the top, but would not come out when the screws were
removed. There was no screw from the side (horizontally =
accessible below
the key). Removed a screw from below, but no luck: it was =
there to
hold the leg on. I think that perhaps there was another screw =
behind the
fallboard but since I couldn't get the fallboard out either, I'm not
sure.<BR><BR>Any ideas on how to open this Howard grand up?<BR><BR>I =
have
listed below the different configurations of cheekblock/fallboard =
designs that
I am familiar with. Could anyone add to this list? Perhaps =
the
combined experience of the list will help some of us avoid lost time =
and utter
humiliation in front of our clients!<BR><BR>This is what I've come =
across so
far:<BR> =
CHEEKBLOCKS<BR>
Screwed in from =
below<BR>
Screwed in from above (often under a rubber
button)<BR> Screwed =
in from
the side (access below key)<BR>
Attached to fallboard, screwed in from
below<BR> =
FALLBOARDS<BR>
Lifts out <BR>
Screwed in with tiny screws accessible and =
viewable
from the front<BR> =
Screwed in
on the metal hinge thingee, accessible if pulled forward at a 45 =
degree angle
and =
unscrewed from the side<BR> =
Attached to cheekblocks: unscrew cheekblocks and remove fallboard and
cheekblocks <BR>
together (ala Steinway)<BR><BR>Unfortunately =
for me
the Howard grand fits into none of these =
categories.<BR><BR>HELP!<BR><BR>Tom
Sivak<BR>Chicago Chapter PTG<BR>
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