<HTML><HTML>List Nothing is more embarrassing than not being able to get the fallboard and ch= eekblocks out of the piano when you want to work on an action problem. = This happened to me yesterday with a Howard grand, circa 1920s.  Fal= lboard did not lift out.  Cheekblocks had screws from the top, but wou= ld not come out when the screws were removed.  There was no screw from= the side (horizontally accessible below the key).   Removed a sc= rew 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 could= n't get the fallboard out either, I'm not sure. Any ideas on how to open this Howard grand up? I have listed below the different configurations of cheekblock/fallboard des= igns that I am familiar with.  Could anyone add to this list?  P= erhaps the combined experience of the list will help some of us avoid lost t= ime and utter humiliation in front of our clients! This is what I've come across so far:      CHEEKBLOCKS           Screwed in from below           Screwed in from above (oft= en under a rubber button)           Screwed in from the side (= access below key)           Attached to fallboard, scr= ewed in from below      FALLBOARDS           Lifts out           Screwed in with tiny screw= s accessible and viewable from the front           Screwed in on the metal hi= nge thingee, accessible if pulled forward at a 45 degree angle and  &nb= sp;             unscrewed = from the side           Attached to cheekblocks: u= nscrew cheekblocks and remove fallboard and cheekblocks                t= ogether (ala Steinway) Unfortunately for me the Howard grand fits into none of these categories.<BR= > HELP! Tom Sivak Chicago Chapter PTG           </HTML>