Paul: That black hex screw on the right side of the female fixture goes in the hole shown on the left side of the male fixture. dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:48 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Quick Question - New Type Steinway Lyre and Leg Attachment 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 [cid:image001.jpg at 01C9FEEB.85613600] 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=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=JulyExcfooterNO62> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090707/a575e550/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 103624 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090707/a575e550/attachment-0001.jpg>
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