Transporting a Grand Action

[Rex Roseman]

Matthew

 

Be sure to check the weight and dimensions of the action before removing it.
I almost got caught on the last action job I did. It was a Decker Grand that
had longer keys than I expected for the case size and the action cavity was
over 9 inches high so it was very difficult to reach around the action while
it was attached to the keys. I found out after getting it home that the base
keys had 7 to 8 leads in each tapering to 1 to 2 in the top treble. With a
recently pulled arm muscle, a car that I had not tried to put a grand action
into before and the weight and size of the action, I was glad that the
customer had left before I had to take it out. With the stack off, it was
very heavy to move just the keybed around my work space. I took it back in
my wife's larger car with the stack and keys packed separately and
reassembled it at the piano.

 

Rex Roseman

Roseman Piano Tuning

 

PS Always a good idea to check the connecting screws to anything you try to
pick up. Lifting this particular action in anyway by the stack alone or with
the keybed may have finished striping the screws that were holding the stack
in place. Not a pleasant thought!

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