Sealed pianos

[Ron Berry]

> Date:          Fri, 07 Mar 1997 07:36:33 -0500
> From:          wtscherer <WallyTS@compuserve.com>
> Subject:       Sealed pianos
> To:            "Piano tech. list" <pianotech@byu.edu>
> Reply-to:      pianotech@byu.edu

> Hi everybody,
>
> I was just called on to tune an Everett studio yesterday. When I started to
> open the piano, it wouldn't. After a couple of minutes of tugging, prying,
> and shining my flashlight, I finally noticed that the top was fastened on
> by two brackets with hex-hole screws. (The back was covered with a cloth.)
> Unfortunately I didn't bring my Allen wrenches. Fortunately the owner found
> some. Once the screws were removed, the top could be slid back and removed,
> then the front panel/music rack unscrewed and removed.
>
> My questions are these: Is this common to all Everett studio pianos? Are
> there other piano brands that have uncommon fastenings and therefore
> require uncommon tools for opening?
>
> Wally Scherer
> Norfolk, VA
>
>

The nastiest one I saw was an old Janssen.  It worked like the Everet
in that it had to slide back from the pins holding it in the front.
But instead of having brackets and hex nuts it had regular hinges.
You had to know that you needed to remove the hinge pins then lift up
the back of the lid and slide the whole thing back.  Now, some
designer was really being mean.   I came close to using a prybar to
get it open.

Ron

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