At 13:22 3/27/2003 +0100, you wrote: > > >Wimblees@aol.com wrote: >>Kent wrote: >>The problem at hand: I have the piano de-strung. I would like to remove >>the "removable" cross strut from the plate, >>Kent >>Why would you want to remove the cross strut? I have never removed one, >>even with the plate out of the piano, and it needing to be refinished. >>Wim > > >I also wonder about this. At least in this case as it seems like the thing >is not going to be able to cause any problems being so tight in the first >place. Care to fill us in there Kent ? > >-- >Richard Brekne Jumping right in here, out of turn... It might just be that he wants to get it out of the way whilst restringing. BUT, if it's that tight _without_ any string tension, he'd need an arbor press to get it in after it's strung. (unless it's being held in there now by some paint which wasn't quite dry in the factory or, as someone said, downbearing has been adjusted by nosebolts) Conrad Hoffsommer PTG RPT, MPT, CCT Decorah, IA Certified Calibration Technician (CCT) for Bio-powered Digitally Activated Lever Action Tone Generation Systems
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