Plate removal

[Daniel Lindholm]

Hi Hazen.

Try three of theese 
http://www.clasohlson.se/images/products/S/hi/B/HD3_306948_h
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I dont know the english name for them, but three of them 
placed around the plate, two in the front where the 
pinblock is and one at the other end, works great.

If you have some sort of lift, gently lift it alittle. Look 
where the plate first lifts from the soundboard and 
compensate it on the others so you get the plate leveled. 
Then you just lift it all the way up. Do the same when you 
are placing it back in the piano. I've tried thin cloth 
around where theres little room between the rim and the 
cast iron. When its almost completly down, remove the cloth.

Regards,
Daniel Lindholm

> 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
>