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

[Cy Shuster]

So movers are going to be putting wood screws into the keybed with  
every move?  I worry about that...

--Cy--

Cy Shuster, RPT
ABQ, NM
www.shusterpiano.com

On Jul 7, 2009, at 10:17 PM, Joe DeFazio wrote:

> 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