[pianotech] Wurlitzer Spinet key rail removal

Terry Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Mon Feb 1 16:14:21 MST 2010


Why do you need to remove the key rail to clean the keybed?

Terry Farrell

On Feb 1, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Clayton Bean's Piano Biz wrote:

> Gentlemen:
>
> I have a customer that has a  Wurlitzer spinet, SN  212659, 1941,  
> that has a 1.5 – 2” wide key rail that I can’t remove.
>  Need to know how by March 1, 2010 so that I can Clean the keys and  
> keybed.
>
> The rail slides backwards towards the spinet action on 2 inset cut- 
> outs in the piano case itself.
> It reaches a stop after about 3-5” of travel and goes no further.
> Trying to slide it back at an angle doesn’t help – not enough room  
> to pop out an end.
> Lifting it up in the middle allows some bending but I don’t think  
> it’s too rigid to free it without snapping the rail in half.
>
> Would appreciate any solution you might have.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Clay                  Feb 1, 2010

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