Dale, At 10:12 PM 12/18/2006, you wrote: > Hi Dean > Very Clever idea. I am one of those who > routinely moves a grand by tipping on the lyre. > wWell unless really rickity. However the way > we do it is essential to reducing stresses on > the lyre. We lay the Skid on a custm made > dollie which has big flat hard rubber wheels I think the "flat" hard rubber wheels needs a little more explanation. Flat? Hmmm. Must be pretty hard to roll around. :-D Seriously though, I don't understand the flat. Avery >which do not pivot. This provides a platform >for the piano to land on which is about a 12 to >14 inch elevation above the floor. This re >-duces the severe angles known to destroy lyres. >I may have cracked one in 34 years. It was >probably rickety. Never the less I will >incorporate your beautiful simplistic idea. > Thanks > Merry Christmas > Dale Erwin > >Here is a very simple brace you can make out of >1/2â threaded rod and electrical conduit. One >end lodges between the inside of the leg top and >keybed and the other end pushes against the >lyre. It makes the lyre really solid and >definitely makes the piano easier to tip on its side and vice versa. > > > >Dean > >Dean May cell 812.239.3359 > >PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 > >Terre Haute IN 47802 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061219/dcc10bad/attachment.html
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