On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Willem Blees <wimblees at aol.com> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Boyce <David at piano.plus.com> > To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 2:30 am > Subject: Steinway model Z weak bass > > The top lid is hinged from the left hand end, a thing I've seen before - > I guess it was meant to impart the impression of opening a grand lid. But in > what I feel is a design flaw, the hinge pin must be removed to take off the > lid for tuning, and it has to be withdrawn from the back, which means > pulling the piano out from the wall. > > > Can't you insert the hinge pin from the front? > > > Wim > > > > ------------------------------ > Supercharge your AIM. Get the AIM toolbar<http://download.aim.com/client/aimtoolbar?NCID=aolcmp00300000002586>for your browser. > Samick did this with theirs for a while an impossibly long hingepin about 10 to 12" that pulled out from the back. Every one of them that I encountered was "modified to be front removable! Mike -- Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use. Charles M.Schulz Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080308/ce1c2161/attachment.html
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