There is a technician in Phoenix that moves a lot of grands to and from his shop by himself. He had a special lyre, which I believe was made by Yamaha for moving Yamaha grands. It was more or less solid maple, with the lower left side of the lyre rounded. One would replace the normal lyre with this strong dummy one and confidently use the lyre to tilt the piano. The round corner on the bottom left made tipping very easy and controlled. Anyone else ever used on of these? I wonder if a "generic" dummy lyre could be built which would accommodate many different grands? Bill Simon Phoenix
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