[pianotech] Scrunch time with no key for access

[johnparham at piano88.com]

Remove the keyslip and open the fallboard with the keyslip in tow as one
unit.

-John Parham

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [pianotech] Scrunch time with no key for access
> From: "Mr. Mac's" <tune-repair at allegiance.tv>
> Date: Tue, December 21, 2010 4:14 pm
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> 
> 
> List,
> 
> Went to tune this Cable Spinet piano (see image) in a Golden Corral restaurant  Monday morning.
> 
> Ooops, what do I find, a hasp and a lock restricting opening the fall board. And do I have a key … of course not. Does the restaurant have a key … no way. It is now 9AM.
> 
> I made a phone call and discovered I would have to leave to get one of two keys available elsewhere in the city and get the job done before the restaurant doors at 11AM . Didn't want to do try making it happen, but what choice did I have.
> 
> But wait,  the lightbulb of there is another way to circumvent making that trip for the key and accomplish the task at hand.
> 
> I ended up tuning the piano (two passes), brushed the hammer faces with a brass brush and cleaned the keys. Voila!
> 
> Care to guess how this was could be?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Keith McGavern, RPT