lyre placement

[Mark Story]

Hi Ron,

I researched this a while ago, and I found out that surprisingly, there is
no standard distance. This has been an issue for me while installing
PianoDisc sysems on smaller grands. Frequently there wasn't sufficient room
to locate the solonoid rail slot and the modified trapwork. I have moved the
lyre forward as much as two inches without any complaints. Of course, this
has it's limits - but don't worry about someone following you up and
badmouthing you for moving the pedal lyre 1/2" fore or aft.

Mark Story, RPT
Eastern Washington University
MS100 Cheney, WA 99004
509-359-7017

mark.story@mail.ewu.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Nossaman <nossaman@SOUTHWIND.NET>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 1999 2:20 PM
Subject: lyre placement


> Hi List,
>
> A quick question if you will, for Del or anyone else with appropriate
specs.
> I'm locating a generic replacement lyre (don't have the original), and re
> engineering all the trapwork levers and such. I've got the shift stuff
under
> control, if my lever ever gets here, and everything else is a pretty
> straightforward matter of keeping the leverage proportions in the ball
park
> and fitting it in the available space. I do have one problem though. It
> seems to me that there should be a standard range of fore/aft pedal front
> placement relative to the front of the keybed, since this thing is
supposed
> to fit (nominally) human operators. My old Baldwin L measures about 350mm,
> and the original on what I'm working on looked to be about 250mm, which
> struck me as kind of close. Then again, perhaps it's a diagonal
measurement
> from key front to pedal tip. Can someone educate me a little here please.
>
>  Ron
>