Piano moving /lyre attached

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In a message dated 10/30/2003 10:19:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
peter-burns.pianotuner@tesco.net writes:

> 
> >Hi list,
> >  I have always detached the pedal lyre when moving a grand piano.I had a
> >friend help me deliver a small grand last week,that we had rebuilt,and he
> >left the pedal lyre on.He says he always leaves it on when breaking the
> >piano down,and puts it on again before the legs, when setting it back up.I
> >am wondering how safe it is,as it is so much easier to move.
> >Best,
> >Hazen Bannister

I was working for Mayflower Van lines when I first started moving grands and 
we always removed the lyre first. However, once in "the business" I learned to 
do it the right way. Leave the Lyre on and use it as a pivot to lower the 
corner onto the skid. Works neat and easy and in 30 years have never lost a lyre. 
The store I work for (a former Baldwin dealer) lost only one lyre in 50 years 
and that was on a Baldwin Concertmaster. Bad construction. I found out when I 
called Baldwin (Gibson) that there was a long back log of orders for new 
lyres for those grands.

Anyway, I also always leave the lyre on until last so I have something solid 
to hang on to if the piano starts to teeter a bit. Works great! Never a 
problem (so far...)

Here's to keepin' em movin'!

will wickham

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