I take it that, it is not just stuck with hardened polish, or something? John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Bondi" <phil at philbondi.com> To: "Newtonville" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 2:23 PM Subject: Acrosonic puzzler > Hi all. > > I ran across one this morning that truly had me losing a bit more > hair..circa 1967, and I think that may be significant simply because > of all the Acros I have seen over the years, this one was unique. > > I could not figure out how to remove the music desk - > fallboard/keycover apparatus. > > This hunk of wood had 2 screws at either end of the music desk, > located very close to the wire..closer than I have ever seen..and..the > key cover sho nuff seems to be attached to this music desk. This is > the kind that folds back nicely. > > Upon removing the 2 screws I mentioned above, there was still no > 'give' to this hunk of wood. Looking under the keybed, I saw 4 screws > on either side of the bed. Upon removing the screws from one side of > the bed, that side that should now be loose still was not. > > There were no buttons on the cheek blocks hiding any screws..besides, > isn't that method reserved for Grands?? > > I am baffled on how this hunk of wood is to be removed, so go > ahead..make me feel dumb. > > -Phil Bondi(Fl) >
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