Aart The suggestions on how to fix the pedals are good ones. But if this "artist" is so hard on the lyre, why not order 6 or 7 of them from Baldwin, and just put on a new one?every time he?breaks it. That's the "cost" of not knowing how to properly use the pedal. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Aart in America Piano Services <aartinamerica at optonline.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 8:03 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] brace for lyre Thanks Patrick.? ? The piano is a Baldwin Model R1 artist Grand 5'8.? I did know that a Steel Lyre existed.? Do you know where one could be purchased?? Unfortunately, asking the Artist to take it easy is not an option.? ? Thanks again,? ? Aart Markenstein? ? On Dec 1, 2008, at 12:11 PM, pcpoulson at sbcglobal.net wrote:? ? > I think a steel lyre is the answer, However, it will need to be > attached to the keybed in an equally strong manner, or else he'll just > rip the thing right off the piano. This guy needs a little lesson in > proper pedalling!? > Patrick C. Poulson? > Registered Piano Technician? > Piano Technicians Guild? >? >? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081201/253ce3f3/attachment.html>
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