[pianotech] Mathushek GLUED-in action?

[Tom Gorley]

John, I would bet that a pedal lyre screw was lost and replaced with one that is too long.  The screw went thru the keybed and into the keyframe. Try loosening the lyre screws.
   
         ---Tom Gorley


On Jan 2, 2011, at 2:05 PM, John Dorr wrote:

> Dear List,
> 
> First:  Happy New Year to you all!
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> Recently I worked on a Mathuschek (that's how it was spelled on the decal, with a "c") vertical.  Serial number 12307, which puts a "Mathushek" (without the "c", and the only similar name in the Pierce Atlas) in a  birth date range of 1880-1885.
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> I was going to remove the action to shape the hammers, but after I removed the screws on the side which appeared to be securing the action I still couldn't lift it out.  On closer inspection I saw no more screws but removing the keys adjacent to the brackets revealed what seems to ME to be a GLUED-in action.
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> Am I right?  Is it glued in?  And if I wanted to remove it for repairs, would I have to soak what looks to me like hide glue there in order to remove it?
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> Picture attached.
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> Thanks,
> John Dorr, RPT
> Helena, MT
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