Puzzler #172

[Brian Lawson]

Tilted the piano 3" to the right, with a wedge on the side of the piano?
Undid the keyslip and shoved it in to hold down the hammers?
Had someone else do it for you? :)

Brian Lawson, RPT
Johannesburg, South Africa

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Jankura" <kenrpt@cvn.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:30 PM
Subject: Puzzler #172


> List,
> A couple weeks ago I needed to get an action out of a grand. The piano was
> up on its side with a grand piano on either side of it (I could not move
the
> piano out from in between), maybe 3" clearance, just enough room to get my
> hand and an inspection mirror between to ascertain that all the hammers
were
> resting against the strings. I could kind of poke a thin blade in and move
a
> hammer down to rest position only to watch it (via mirror) rise again to
> come to rest against the strings. How did I get the action out, with no
> broken hammer shanks?
> Ken Jankura RPT
> Newburg, PA
>