This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Terry, That is exactly the model. There are thrww screws that hold the center lid and once one opens all = three lids two inside that hold another cover over the back of the keys. Thanks for confirming my thoughts about the screws function on the cheek = blocks. Taking these off will allow axcess for regulation, which this = piano sorely needs. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Farrell=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:36 AM Subject: Re: Puzzlement Hey Joe. Did it look a bit like the beauty pictured below? To open the = sides, there are two screws below the keybed on both sides where the = curved side piece meets the kneeboard (one a few inches below the keybed = and the other maybe six inches above the floor). There might be a screw = on the top part also that is accessible after the tops are opened - I = don't remember as its been a few years. I had this one refinished for a = lady - kinda nice because I didn't have to take the piano to the = refinisher - just removed all the case pieces, threw them in the trunk = of my car and dropped them off for refinishing! Definitely a way-cool = cabinet. Terry Farrell > Bingo! > Boy that was quick. I did not look or record the s# but would = guesstimate > about that era. > Took a while to find out how to open the thing to tune it. The two = outer > lids were held in place with very strong spring clips. And not = having been > moved for over 10 years, very hard to open. > Anyone remember how to open the side panels? It looked like the = cheek blocks > needed to be removed to take off the innerlocking music rack. and = sliding > key cover ala organ, then the sides would open. Quite the puzzle. > Very neat workmanship in putting the cabinet together. > Joe Goss RPT > Mother Goose Tools > imatunr@srvinet.com > www.mothergoosetools.com >=20 >> I tuned a 1942 (during the war, no less) Wurlitzer exactly like = that. >> >> Alan Barnard >> Salem, Missouri >> > What piano maker made an upright that has three separate top = lids. >> > This model also has swind open sides. >> > Joe Goss RPT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a6/58/b3/22/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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