>Okay folks. I should know this one but I don't so I'm asking for help. I >have two lyres to repair; one's from a Steinway and another from a Baldwin. >Both have the lower box coming loose from the pillar. The construction on >both is identical being a wedged tenon joint. Would any of you learned >sages like to enlighten me on the way to disassemble this item? Replacing >the wedge seems quite simple once it's apart. Does the wedged have to be >drilled out and a new one used or is there a way to remove and reuse the old >wedge. > >Thanks, > >Allan Hi Allan, I haven't had to do one of these since I thought of this, so I don't know if it will work or not (big build up intro, huh?). An impact puller. Sliding weight with a deep thread dry wall screw on the end of the shaft seems like it ought to work. That failing, I'd laboriously drill out the wedge in a few places to make "wiggle" room and try to pick out the pieces. No bleeding. Save it for stringing jobs. Ron N
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