Lyre braces for Baldwin...

[Keith Roberts]

The hard wood dowels were plenty strong enough, they just 'looked' weak.
They were exactly the right diameter and the owner stained it dark walnut
before I cut it. Took me all of 5 minutes (can't forget the trip to the
lumber yard on the bill). For a quickie I think a rub on oil finish would
look the "best with no fuss"
Keith R

>would be strong, and
> reasonably easy to modify. The warp shouldn't be enough to bother their
use
> as a brace.
> Regards,
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia.
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Roberts" <kpiano@goldrush.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 6:27 PM
> Subject: Re: Lyre braces for Baldwin...
>
>
> > The dowels I cut for the Estey worked. There was a cotton ball in the
> > sockets. They really look plain and weak, but they take the load off the
> > lyre mount. I wonder if a baluster from an architectural milling place
> would
> > work? Most are square at the base to mount to the floor but some are
> tapered
> > at both ends for a bottom rail mount. Because of the code for the
spacing
> > between them getting narrower, they are turning them thinner than they
> used
> > to.
> > Keith R.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 9:30 PM
> > Subject: Lyre braces for Baldwin...
> >
> >
> > > Anybody know where i can find Lyre braces for an old Baldwin Grand? It
> > does
> > > NOT take standard brass braces; the pedal box has TWO holes, (the
> diameter
> > > of which is a tad smaller than a dime) one on each side in the back
for
> > what
> > > I'm guessing were intended for wooden braces. I cannot find this kind
of
> > > brace in any of the catalogs. I guess if I had to, I could fashion
them
> > > myself, but would prefer to find the correct, original braces for this
> > > Grand. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks
> > >
> > > Terry
> > >
> > >
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