David The block of wood that is preventing the action from coming out is used to shift the action. From under the piano, look for the shift lever, and follow it to where it angles up into the action. You will need to remove this block of wood before you can remove the action. Be sure to hold on to that block of wood, and replace it after you're done with the action. otherwise the action will not shift.? 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 -----Original Message----- From: David Trasoff <david at davidtrasoff.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 7:04 am Subject: [pianotech] Steinway ex-DuoArt action removal problem Dear Listers, I am hoping that someone with more recent experience dealing with these instruments will be able to give me the clue I need. This is a 1920 Steinway Miniature with the player mechanism removed, probably many years ago. The piano is in completely original (and badly worn) condition. Apparently no work other than occasional tuning for many years. I attempted to remove the action in order to investigate sticking keys, and found that something is blocking the action from sliding forward out of the case. The action will move side to side, a little, and forward and back, up until it runs into whatever is preventing it from?continuing?to move forward. For all I know, the action has never been removed from the piano since the player mechanism was removed! What might have been left sticking up into the keybed that is hanging the action? Where should I look and what might I be looking for?? Thanks for your suggestions. David Trasoff --- David Trasoff Professional Piano Service 4130 Verdugo View Drive Los Angeles, CA 90065 Tel: 323-255-7783 Fax: 323-313-1519 david at professionalpianoservice.com = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090113/aaec57d3/attachment.html>
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