Plate removal ???

[Bill Ballard]

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At 7:37 AM -0400 7/20/01, Steve Grattan wrote:
Hi, I just had a J&C Fischer Ampico grand with the same arrangement 
and the "rivets" were actually carraige bolts and there were nuts and 
lockwashers buried in the pinblock.  Try looking with a mirror.  Good 
luck !!

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From: <mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>David Love
To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2094 2:01 AM

In the front corners of the plate, however, there are two rivet like 
heads where you would normally find a couple of large and long 
screws.  Smooth.  No slot.  The plate doesn't budge at that end. 
What gives, or doesn't?  Anybody?

Or it could be 19th century style Chickering square grand 
construction where  what you're looking at are the heads of long 
carriage bolts which go all the way through the rim and whose nuts 
are actually buried just below the surface on the underside of the 
keybed. Look for sings of inlays there.

Bill Ballard RPT
NH Chapter, P.T.G.

"Filing the bridgepins sure puts a sparkle on the restringing, but is 
best done before the plate is re-installed"
     ...........recent shop journal entry
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