Hard to open piano

[Lance Lafargue]

The one I'm thinking of had the screws under the rubber (turned hard)
buttons on the top.  If there are buttons of any kind, try to remove them
and there may be screws underneath.  This is the old hidden screw design.
Loosen every screw underneath the keybed and check the effect. (the keybed
may fall to the floor) If that doesn't work, try a jig or chain saw.  Good
luck!
Regards, 
Lance Lafargue, RPT
New Orleans Chapter
Covington, LA.
lafargue@iamerica.net

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> From: kitster@Polarnet.com
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Hard to open piano
> Date: Friday, November 14, 1997 10:51 PM
> 
> Well, this is slightly embarrassing.  Went to tune an Acrosonic spinet
this
> morning and couldn't open the top.  This is an older piano, probably
early
> 1950s, with a unique top that folds up just like a table when it's
closed.
> When it's open, the front folds back on itself and it looks pretty
normal.
> 
> There are no hinges showing on the back of the piano, leading me to think
> the top lifts off, somehow.  I couldn't find any screws, and I tried to
> push the top forward and back, thinking it used screwheads in a friction
> plate of some kind.  No luck.  
> 
> Anyone have experience with a Baldwin of this style?  If the answer is
> really simple and will make me look foolish, you might respond privately.
> 
> Thanks
> Kit Cleworth
>