[pianotech] Wurlitzer Spinet key rail removal

[Clayton Bean's Piano Biz]

Frankly, I can't remember it exactly (I'd like to forget it as long as I can). It sure didn't look beautiful like this one. Great job! I go back in March. I think the Acrosonic is a great little piano - but the Wurlitzer falls near the bottom in my book. But way above the Lester.
Clay 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Terry Farrell 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 9:35 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Wurlitzer Spinet key rail removal


  Any chance problem piano looks something like the gleaming beauty pictured below????





  Who has been badmouthing these old Wurlys? Hey they and the old Baldwin Acrosonics - both when they had the separate capstan rail (what do you call that extra rail?) - were among the best of the little crap spinets! I've certainly seen/serviced worse.


  I love how this thing opens up - if you take off all the hinged panels, there's nothing left but the back/soundboard/plate/bottom board/keybed assembly - everything is exposed. Pretty cool actually.


  The Wurly pictured above - the owner - an elderly lady - grew up with the piano, and it was in reasonably functional shape. I refurbished the insides (full regulation, hammer filing, etc.) and had it refinished and polished the brass (check out them pedals!) - put new grill cloth in the kneeboard, etc., etc.  for a POS, its a great little piano! I enjoy my service call every time she calls me to tune this little beauty!


  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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