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Topic: Picking the lock  (Read 6070 times)

Offline Dazzer

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Picking the lock
on: September 03, 2005, 03:20:52 PM
of a grand piano.

anyone got any ideas? :D (they lock the damn piano where i work so i can't use it)

it'd be good if i could lock it when i'm done too. Does all keys work with all pianos? The one there is a yamaha mini grand.

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Re: Picking the lock
Reply #1 on: September 03, 2005, 04:24:38 PM
If you can find another yamaha key, you're in luck.

I'm a technician, and I have about three different keys on hand that will unlock most pianos if I need to.

Usually there are two styles (at least in canada) the kind with no paddle on the end, and the kind with a paddle on the end...

Good luck

(P.S. I can usually pick the locks with a narrow tipped flat head screwdriver too...)
"He who answers without listening...that is his folly and his shame"    (A very wise person)

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Re: Picking the lock
Reply #2 on: September 03, 2005, 05:42:16 PM
yeh i think finding a key is a best option.

or mold one. it seems simple enough. its not like a very complex key. lol.

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Re: Picking the lock
Reply #3 on: September 03, 2005, 08:08:14 PM
I hate it when they do it.  One time I was at a hotel and they had the cover CLAMP-locked shut.   :'(     Fortunately Steinway Hall was a couple blocks over.  Might you get in trouble, though? -- usually it's locked for a reason.  Depending on where you work, would they want it played?   
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Offline gorbee natcase

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Re: Picking the lock
Reply #4 on: September 04, 2005, 11:40:48 AM
If you can borrow the key you can press the impression in to a block of clay and pour yourself another
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Re: Picking the lock
Reply #5 on: September 04, 2005, 12:18:21 PM
feels like something out of Thief. hahaha :D
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