Plate removal

[Farrell]

Hi Hazen. I use three nylon straps (I put a soft cloth between the finished plate and the strap). On two of them I have attached a nylon rope. I slowly raise the chainfall hook  until the one without the rope is snug (this is the shortest one). Then I snug up the other two - tying the rope to the hook, I can adjust the total length of the other two straps (often I can just loop two of them on the hook and only use one rope for adjustment). Lift up. Seems to come out level enough.

When placing back in piano, I put a bunch of several-inch-wide strips of corrugated cardboard all around on the inside face of the rim to protect the rim. Just put in enough so that the plate does not chew up the finish. Go real SLOW with the whole thing. This seems to work well for me.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <HazenBannister@cs.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 11:23 PM
Subject: Plate removal


> Hi list,
>  I wonder what is the best way,not only to remove a plate (in a grand), but 
> to put it back in, in a finished cabinet,and finished plate,safely.I have a 
> chainfall,and usually hook the wide moving straps around it,but it never 
> comes out level. 
> Thanks,
> Hazen Bannister
>