How do I open this piano???

[Roy Ulrich]

PERFECT!!!!!

For over 10 years now I've been 2nd guessing my antics in dealing with
_exactly_ the same problem. The screws holdig the lid on were filled in and
finished over, looked like a factory job (as incredible as that would seem).
But I too hope someone knows for sure - I finally got it opened with a crow
bar and the owner's permission.

Roy Ulrich

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Pritchard" <musicbydavid@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 4:02 PM
Subject: How do I open this piano???


> I've come across an Acrosonic Spinett built in 1936.
> Serial #272287.  After 20 minutes, I finally gave up
> trying to figure out how to open it.  There are hinged
> pieces on top which fold over the music desk and keys
> so that when closed, the piano is like a big box.
> There are no hinges on the back and no screws under
> the keybed or anywhere else which would seem to let me
> take the lid off.  I tried sliding the lid forward or
> backward, but couldn't get it to budge.  It looks as
> though the front edge of the lid is attached to the
> vertical piece of wood behind the music desk (no gap
> at all), as if the whole music desk would need to come
> off with the top.  I'm wondering if there is some
> trick to this piano someone would know about.
> Otherwise, I wonder if the piano had ever been
> refinished and the parts got sealed together with a
> varnish or something.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> David Pritchard
> Scottsbluff NE
>
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