Speaking of Wurlitzers, with every cabinet style under the sun, a friend was unable to open the bottom of the console to change a string. There was no bottom board clip or knob to pull forward, no screws at all anywhere. I looked under the keys for a long screw that would hold the bottom board. Nope. It was one of those cabinets where there are panels on either side which are permanent, with a smaller panel in the middle that is removed for service. The left and right panels had a gap at the top, so I wasn't sure if they came off, but I didn't know. Looking and looking, prying with a bar, it looked like it moved, but there wasn't enough room to lift it out. It had a sort of vertical wooden grill, and speaker cloth behind it. Frustrated, I yanked on the grille. It moved. A-HA! I pulled hard, and the grille came out. It was held with clips, like the ones used on cabinet doors.
Paul McCloud
San Diego
Kent Burnside
The biggest puzzler I ever saw was an institutional Wurlitzer vertical, about 44 inches tall, made in the late 1960s. There were no screws visible anywhere, and the front wouldn't budge. I finally located a pair of long (over 12") bolts running up through the sides from below. Presumably this was done to keep school kids from getting inside. I've never seen a second one.
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Kent Burnside, RPT
Franklin TN
615.430.0653
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The biggest puzzler I ever saw was an institutional Wurlitzer vertical, about 44 inches tall, made in the late 1960s. There were no screws visible anywhere, and the front wouldn't budge. I finally located a pair of long (over 12") bolts running up through the sides from below. Presumably this was done to keep school kids from getting inside. I've never seen a second one.
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Kent Burnside, RPT
Franklin TN
615.430.0653
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