<!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 5.50.4616.200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Look at the side of the fallboard to = see if the board is attached to the hinge with two tiny screws on each = side.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also check and see if the cheek blocks = have the screws that hold them in covered with rubber buttons. Nasty little buggers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And also check to see if the cheekblock = screws are in the side of the block and painted black to boot.</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= V> <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=rshiflet@eaznet.com href="mailto:rshiflet@eaznet.com">Ron = & Lorene Shiflet</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">PTG - send/receive</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 30, 2001 = 11:03 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Lester Grand</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I have a friend = who is moving and has a Lester Grand to move.  I went by his home the other = night to tie the action down and I'm embassed to admit it, I could not pull the = action.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Here's the specifics:</FONT></DIV> <UL> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>The keyslip was removed</FONT> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>The cheek blocks were loose</FONT> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2>All screws from underneath were = gone</FONT> <LI>The cheekblocks were attached to the fallboard either from = behind or beneath.  I could not un attach them.  At the same time, = the key rail  was hinged to the fallboard.  <LI>When I would try to lift the fallboard, it would butt up against = the pin block.  <LI>The sharps would not depress far enough that the boardes would remove.  <LI>Since the cheeks blocks were loose I could not unattach the = fallboard from the cheekblocks underneath. <LI>The fallbopard would not drop forward enough for me to ascertain = if the falbaord was attached to the cheekblocks from underneath.</LI></UL> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    What am I missing?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron = Shiflet</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>