[pianotech] Removing a spinet action

[John Ross]

I do believe the word I used was tap.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
On 20-Mar-10, at 7:04 PM, PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com wrote:

> With everyone recommending banging the brackets off the bolts, you  
> might want to realize that the bracket metal is not made to  
> withstand a lot of pounding or leverage pressure. Claw hammers? You  
> really don't want to have to replace an action bracket. If you have  
> an upright shank removal tool (you know, the one with the mickey- 
> mouse ears), you can use it to gently but with good force lever the  
> brackets forward.
>
> The other suggested option of turning down the action bracket studs  
> is risky unless you know exactly how far down you turn them (index,  
> mark, count, etc), then turn them back to the original position when  
> the action is replaced.
>
> P
>
> In a message dated 3/20/2010 3:00:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time, pianoman at duanemcguire.com 
>  writes:
> What is the process to remove an action from a 1958 Story and Clark  
> spinet?
>
> Back story:
> I've been tuning in my shop every morning, preparing for the RPT  
> exam. As a tuner, I'm not even close to part-time.  But since I'm  
> preparing for the exam, I've poked my head out the foxhole, and have  
> been tuning a few pianos in the wild.  This is how I discovered  
> spinet pianos!
>
> For this piano, I discovered that a a treble string was broken.  I  
> thought I could be of service and replace the string.  But since the  
> bridge pins were hidden behind the action, it seemed that I would  
> need to remove the action to do the repair.    I loosened the nose  
> bolt nuts.  I tugged at the top of the action bracket, and nothing  
> budged.  At that point, I simply said to my self, "Fine!  You didn't  
> want to find out about removing a spinet action today anyway!"  So I  
> prudently let the sleeping dog lie.
>
> It seemed rather cowardly, but that's what I did.
>
>
> -- 
> Duane McGuire
> 801-830-5858
> http://blog.duanemcguire.com
>

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