Customer's legs too long

[Frank Weston]

Raise the piano on casters (custom make big ones).  Insert a block of the
appropriate size between the lyre and the piano.  You will have to find
fittings to mount the block to the piano and the piano to the block, but
parts are available in the catalogs.  Make longer push rods for the lyre,
and you're in business.

Alternatively, if the customer has long shins, he should also have long arms
and a long torso.  Cut down the legs of the bench and make him sit back
further.

Frank Weston

-----Original Message-----
From: DaveAAAP@AOL.COM <DaveAAAP@AOL.COM>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Monday, November 01, 1999 4:27 PM
Subject: Customer's legs too long


>  I have a customer with the longest shins I've ever seen on anyone in my
>life.  He has to turn his leg sideways to reach the sustain pedal on a
grand
>and has subsequently worn holes in his pants adjacent to his knees.  I
figure
>he needs at least 4 more inches to even clear the keybed.
>  I don't think an elevated spider would help an awful lot cause then the
>pedals would be too high to be practical.  I'd hate to go through the
trouble
>of having custom legs and a longer lyre built if there may be a simple
>solution.  Any thoughts on this subject?
>
>Dave Streit
>AAA Piano Service
>Beaverton, OR
>