Mark: >From the picture, I can't see what the use of the Allen wrench might be. How do these actually lock together? Or just let me know the appropriate SS bulletin to reference. Thanks. Paul In a message dated 7/7/2009 7:03:03 A.M. Central Daylight Time, pianotech at nhpianos.com writes: Joe - here's a pic from a recent S&S technical bulletin. The tool needed is an 8mm or 5/16" Allen wrench. - Mark Joe DeFazio wrote: <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">Hi All, I stopped at a hall tonight very briefly to look at a rental S&S B that was just moved in for some upcoming concerts. Regulation is a disaster. I immediately noticed that one of the lyre support sticks was not installed properly by the piano movers (it was just hanging there). I also noticed that the legs attach via the new S&S method (as of the last couple of years). I have not worked on the legs or lyres of any of these new-style S&S grands before. My question is: besides the fact that the lyre is locked in place by two screws instead of a cam, is there any difference in the lyre attachment system as compared to the traditional S&S lyre? In other words, is it just sliding-dovetailed metal plates that slide forward (towards the performer) to dismount, or is it some new-fangled contraption? Yes, for the record, I like new-fangled contraptions. I like excellently engineered old-fangled contraptions, too. I will have barely enough time to take care of some serious regulation problems tomorrow between rehearsals, so if anyone can save me even a few minutes of fussing around during that brief and inadequate time, I would appreciate it. I would normally not ask a question of the list that I could figure out on my own, but in this instance, I won't have any figuring time. I also hate to go hurriedly whacking on piano parts with a mallet if, in fact, they weren't designed to be whacked. A piano is not a perky plastic mole. Thanks, Joe DeFazio Pittsburgh P.S. - I have absolutely no reason to take the legs off, but if anyone wants to remind me and the list how the new leg mounting system works, I bet I'm not the only list member who read about it some time ago and forgot it since.... </div> **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585089x1201462806/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=66807 2&hmpgID=62&bcd=JulyExcfooterNO62) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090707/e795cc2a/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 103624 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090707/e795cc2a/attachment-0001.jpeg>
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