[pianotech] SS k restoration

[Euphonious Thumpe]

Some members on this list advocated getting a circular saw with a BIG blade (concrete saw?) and then running it along a guide screwed to the piano back, 
so that the cut goes right along this line, and then replacing the cut with a thin slice of wood when gluing everything back together. I would advocate drilling a few half-inch holes directly into this line (about 2"deep, from back, top, and bottom) then gluing in short dowel pieces to one side of the cut to act as "keys" for when gluing the sides back on, to keep them from sliding around. (A miserable experience when you're lying on your back under the piano, trying to keep things lined up and glue is dripping all over you!)  But I'm not the expert on this ( I've thus far only used the messy method of ramming flooring chisels into the joint -- not at all ptretty!) so I look forward to hearing what The Real Experts suggest.
(Muchly so --- I have 2 spectacular, 1890's Knabe uprights with laminated ribs that will need the sides off, if they are ever to be correctly restored.) 

Euphonious Thumpe
 

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 From: Gene Nelson <nelsong at intune88.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] SS k restoration
  

 
  
  

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Hi Gene: 
  
I made an inquiry about the WNG vertical action parts recently, for an
old Type 3 Mason & Hamlin screwstringer upright.  Nina told me they
would not be available until late fall, and that they would only be available
as a drop in top action (not as individual action parts).   Is that
your understanding?   
  
  
*** Yes. 
  
You are going to modernize the dampers system too, are you not? 
  
*** Everything will be modernized. 
  
Gene 
  
Will Truitt  
  
From:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Gene Nelson
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:50
PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] SS k
restoration   
  
  
  
Good luck!  
   
  Have you also replaced
the dreaded double flange action parts before?   
  
*** If you are going to the
National in Washington  State , visit the WNG
display. They have the answer to this dread waiting for me. 
Gene  
   
   
Best,  
Paul  
   
   
From: Gene Nelson
<nelsong at intune88.com>
Reply-To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 08:54:23 -0700
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: [pianotech] SS k restoration  
   
 
Hello all, 
I am just starting the restoration
process for a 1916 SS K. 
Having never disassembled an upright
before – what is the best way to remove the side panels and the part of
the top lid that appears glued to the case? Are these pieces glued as well as
screwed to the case? It would seem to me that removal of these panels is a must
for refinishing and removal of the plate/board etc. Also, the complete top lid
assembly must come off if I am to rout out the existing block. 
The piano will get refinished, new
block new board. 
Your thoughts and experience would be
appreciated. 
Gene Nelson     
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