Pianotech

I remove the pin if possible, and then I put some VJ lube on the pin and reinsert it from the front, for the next tuner.

But if the pin won't come out, I used to carry a long wooden dowel with a crutch tip on one end and a balance rail pin sticking out 1/2" at an angle on the other. The crutch tip nests on the front corner underside of the lid, which has some moldings around the corner, and the bent pin goes into the hole for the lid's locator pin, on the right side. Those left-hinged lids do usually have a locator pin so they don't swing forward or backward.

When I downsized my car the dowel got left behind, because I see one of these lids maybe once in 6 or 7 years?

I remove the pin if possible, and then I put some VJ lube on the pin and reinsert it from the front, for the next tuner.

But if the pin won't come out, I used to carry a long wooden dowel with a crutch tip on one end and a balance rail pin sticking out 1/2" at an angle on the other. The crutch tip nests on the front corner underside of the lid, which has some moldings around the corner, and the bent pin goes into the hole for the lid's locator pin, on the right side. Those left-hinged lids do usually have a locator pin so they don't swing forward or backward.

When I downsized my car the dowel got left behind, because I see one of these lids maybe once in 6 or 7 years?

Seems like for longer lasting lubrication in places which call for a heavy grease, VJ Lube lasts better than Protek? Well, at least better than the thin Protek.

If I see something on which I used VJ Lube years and years before, it dries a little bit but the talcum powder is still held in place by the remnants of the lanolin, and it is still working. I have the impression that the lanolin lasts better than the vaseline.

The left hand hinged lid is unnecessary to turn a small piano into a Grand. I TUNED a "Grand" piano. It was a tiny double-strung spinet, and where the fallboard would have been (it didn't have one) it said "Artist Console" on the right.

I called it "Lying Bastard."

The left hand hinged lid is unnecessary to turn a small piano into a Grand. I TUNED a "Grand" piano. It was a tiny double-strung spinet, and where the fallboard would have been (it didn't have one) it said "Artist Console" on the right.

I called it "Lying Bastard."

The left hand hinged lid is unnecessary to turn a small piano into a Grand. I TUNED a "Grand" piano. It was a tiny double-strung spinet, and where the fallboard would have been (it didn't have one) it said "Artist Console" on the right.

I called it "Lying Bastard."

The left hand hinged lid is unnecessary to turn a small piano into a Grand. I TUNED a "Grand" piano. It was a tiny double-strung spinet, and where the fallboard would have been (it didn't have one) it said "Artist Console" on the right.

I called it "Lying Bastard."

The left hand hinged lid is unnecessary to turn a small piano into a Grand. I TUNED a "Grand" piano. It was a tiny double-strung spinet, and where the fallboard would have been (it didn't have one) it said "Artist Console" on the right.

I called it "Lying Bastard."

The left hand hinged lid is unnecessary to turn a small piano into a Grand. I TUNED a "Grand" piano. It was a tiny double-strung spinet, and where the fallboard would have been (it didn't have one) it said "Artist Console" on the right.

I called it "Lying Bastard."

The left hand hinged lid is unnecessary to turn a small piano into a Grand. I TUNED a "Grand" piano. It was a tiny double-strung spinet, and where the fallboard would have been (it didn't have one) it said "Artist Console" on the right.

I called it "Lying Bastard."

The left hand hinged lid is unnecessary to turn a small piano into a Grand. I TUNED a "Grand" piano. It was a tiny double-strung spinet, and where the fallboard would have been (it didn't have one) it said "Artist Console" on the right.

I called it "Lying Bastard."

If I remember a nice talk Del Fandrich gave us once, a grand like this might be improved by allowing the soundboard at the bass end to float a little bit for a couple of feet instead of tying it to the rim all the way around.

But what do I know?

This might be an interesting chance to see if it can sound better. Allowing a longer back length might help the bass as well, even at the expense of the speaking lengths, but moving the bridge might be a pain. On the other hand, if it has an ambitious bridge apron which probably would be sagging badly already, that might be shortened so there is less cantilever, which would increase the back lengths.

The left hand hinged lid is unnecessary to turn a small piano into a Grand. I TUNED a "Grand" piano. It was a tiny double-strung spinet, and where the fallboard would have been (it didn't have one) it said "Artist Console" on the right.

I called it "Lying Bastard."

If I remember a nice talk Del Fandrich gave us once, a grand like this might be improved by allowing the soundboard at the bass end to float a little bit for a couple of feet instead of tying it to the rim all the way around.

But what do I know?

This might be an interesting chance to see if it can sound better. Allowing a longer back length might help the bass as well, even at the expense of the speaking lengths, but moving the bridge might be a pain. On the other hand, if it has an ambitious bridge apron which probably would be sagging badly already, that might be shortened so there is less cantilever, which would increase the back lengths.

The left hand hinged lid is unnecessary to turn a small piano into a Grand. I TUNED a "Grand" piano. It was a tiny double-strung spinet, and where the fallboard would have been (it didn't have one) it said "Artist Console" on the right.

I called it "Lying Bastard."

The left hand hinged lid is unnecessary to turn a small piano into a Grand. I TUNED a "Grand" piano. It was a tiny double-strung spinet, and where the fallboard would have been (it didn't have one) it said "Artist Console" on the right.

I called it "Lying Bastard."

The left hand hinged lid is unnecessary to turn a small piano into a Grand. I TUNED a "Grand" piano. It was a tiny double-strung spinet, and where the fallboard would have been (it didn't have one) it said "Artist Console" on the right.

I called it "Lying Bastard."

The left hand hinged lid is unnecessary to turn a small piano into a Grand. I TUNED a "Grand" piano. It was a tiny double-strung spinet, and where the fallboard would have been (it didn't have one) it said "Artist Console" on the right.

I called it "Lying Bastard."

The left hand hinged lid is unnecessary to turn a small piano into a Grand. I TUNED a "Grand" piano. It was a tiny double-strung spinet, and where the fallboard would have been (it didn't have one) it said "Artist Console" on the right.

I called it "Lying Bastard."