How do I open this piano???

[Sy Zabrocki]

David Pritchard:
There was an unusual Acrosonic built in 1936 and 1937. The whole top of the
piano comes off in one piece. Hidden on the under side are two friction
spring clips close to the cheek blocks. Somehow you grasp the cabinet near
the end of the black keys, by the nameboard felt and lift upward. You will
hear and feel the spring clips let loose. Now pull forward slightly and the
whole top comes off.

Now you will see how to lift up the top board. Now exposed, remove the two
tiny screws at each end and top hinges upward. On this model there are no
screws under rubber buttons.

David, you said your Acrosonic had no hinges in back. On the model described
here there are top hinges. This may or may not be the model you have
encountered.

Sy Zabrocki--Billings, Montana

----- Original Message -----
From: David Pritchard <musicbydavid@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 3:02 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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