fallboard pivot

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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In a message dated 9/25/04 1:23:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
draine@comcast.net writes:


> While doing a service call (tuning/appraisal), I was foiled in my first 
> attempt at removing the fallboard from a a 71 yr. old Marshall & 
> Wendell 4' 8" grand. The fallboard has brass slotted pieces which seat 
> onto the pivots which are fastened into the inside of the case. While 
> one end slid out gracefully, the other wouldn't give. I believe (based 
> on past experience with similar M&W's) the screws which seat the pivot 
> are loose, and the pivot point wobbles around as I try to remove the 
> fallboard, thus foiling my attempts.
> Aside from yanking it out by brute force (thereby either trashing the 
> fallboard, or sending me flying backward onto the floor at the very 
> least), are there any helpful hints from thew assembled wisdom?
> I was thinking perhaps if I had an extra pair of hands I could use a 
> very thin screwdriver or blade to stabilize the pin, and *then* lift 
> the fallboard out. Anyone run into this problem aside from me?
> 

Hi Patrick,

I wish I could help.  I ran into the same problem on a piano once, and if 
memory serves, it was indeed a Marshall and Wendell.  I thought maybe there was a 
retracting, spring-loaded pin that a thin blade could push back into the 
fallboard, thus releasing the fall board, but that didn't work.  I never did get 
it to open.

Let us know if you can figure out a way to get it off.

Thanks,

Dave Stahl

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