Sometimes, you can take a smaller sized screw driver, flat head and stick it in there. If it fits right, it'll turn the lock. Doesn't always work.. But, sometimes it does. From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Garrett Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 9:59 PM To: pianotech Subject: [pianotech] Wurlitzer lock I have a customer with a Wurlitzer studio with no key to open the top. Does anyone know of a solution? Dean, Those locks are usually a tumbler type of thingee with long arm on the back. the arm usually goes into a slot on the inside, side of the piano. Perhaps a thin ruler to push the arm out of the way. Or, a good locksmith could work his magic on the tumblers. Hope that helps somewhat. I may even have a key that fits it, as I have a slug of those thing laying around from an olde store I purchased their "shop". Seems to me most were kind of a "skeleton key" kind of thingee like the "keep your hands off my piano" locks. Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090914-0, 09/14/2009 Tested on: 9/14/2009 11:13:12 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090914/9d095774/attachment.htm>
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