Puzzler #172

[jolly roger]

Hi Ken,
            2 or 3 pieces of Bristol Board, slipped between the pinblock,
right in over the hammers, and out she comes.  Done it lot's of times, no
problems.
Roger


At 05:30 PM 4/13/01 -0400, you wrote:
> 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
>