Willem, I'm a lady, and that's exactly how I do it: push up on one spring, work one side of the bottom panel out, then push up the spring on the other side. If all else fails, I unscrew the springs to release the board. GO, WOMEN! -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of wimblees at aol.com Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:16 PM To: Pianotech at PTG.org Subject: [pianotech] How do you ladies do it? How do you take off the bottom panel when there are 2 springs holding the thing in place? I've got a big wing span, and strong thumbs, but sometimes that's not enough to push up the springs and remove the board at the same time, especially when the springs are rusty, which most of them are here in Hawaii. Up to now I push up on one, and pull the board towards me a little, and then try to push up the other side. But I wonder if there is another way to do this. This is not to imply that this has to do with you ladies being the "weaker" sex, but most of you are not as big as I am and don't have the wing span. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090821/c038c3f9/attachment.htm>
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