I just this very day picked up a nice partial rebuild job on a Gulbransen grandette, the first horizontal Gull I've ever seen. I brought the action and lyre home with me, spent the last hour or so repairing the lyre (and shining the pedals--product called "Twinkle" is amazing for that). Then I walk upstairs, open my mail, and the first post I see is about what I was working on this very day! Okay, maybe it's not all THAT impressive. Wow, did you see that UFO go by? Alan Barnard Salem, MO ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "John Formsma" <formsma at gmail.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Received: 9/12/2007 2:26:31 PM Subject: lyre problem >List, >Gulbransen fetal grand with (of all things) a PianoDisc. >Problem is that lyre braces were removed to install PianoDisc, leaving >no place for OEM or supply house braces. (The control unit under the >piano is attached to where the braces normally would be.) There are >two screws that hold the lyre in place. Without the braces, they >have, of course, stripped out the wood. >I have two ideas, but don't know if the first one will work long term. >1) There is plenty of room to add two additional screws. That's easy >enough to do, but I'm wondering if those two extra screws will give >enough support for the lyre. The two existing screws are toward the >front side of the lyre block. Adding the two extra screws toward the >back of the block might work, but I don't know for sure. Any guesses? >2) The other thing is to design some metal braces to go around the >control unit and screw onto the wood above it. That is doable, but >they would have to be welded, and the design of which would take >significantly more head-scratching. And trips to a machinist/welder. >What else am I missing? Any other options or recommendations? >Thanks, >JF
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