[pianotech] Quick Question - New Type Steinway Lyre and LegAttachment

[Ken & Pat Gerler]

I just had to make an "emergency" trip to a church with an older S&S after a "rough" damper-stomper dislodged the lyre when the cam loosened. I'll have to look an newer Steinways and copy them.

Ken Gerler
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joe DeFazio 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 11:17 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Quick Question - New Type Steinway Lyre and LegAttachment


  Thanks, Mark!  Got it done in a timely fashion.


  Now that I have done what I needed to do, for the sake of completeness of the archives (in case anyone else has a similar question in the future):


  The legs attach as Mark's pictures show.


  The lyre is held on by conventional sliding dovetailed plates; the lyre slides forward (toward the player) for removal.  The only difference between this and an older Steinway is that the older Steinway uses a cam to keep the lyre plates locked together, while the new ones use a pair of wood screws (traveling through the top of the lyre and into the keybed) to keep the lyre plates locked together.


  Thanks,


  Joe DeFazio
  Pittsburgh




  On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:02 AM, pianotech-request at ptg.org wrote:



    From: Mark Dierauf <pianotech at nhpianos.com>

    Date: July 7, 2009 8:03:52 AM EDT

    To: pianotech at ptg.org

    Subject: Re: [pianotech] Quick Question - New Type Steinway Lyre and Leg Attachment

    Reply-To: pianotech at ptg.org



    Joe - here's a pic from a recent S&S technical bulletin. The tool needed is an 8mm or 5/16" Allen wrench.

    - Mark

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