[pianotech] Lyre Damage

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Fri Nov 27 07:07:28 MST 2009


Greg Newell wrote:
> Spread out over almost the entire length of the keybed I find this a much
> more appealing sacrifice than using the relatively small area provided by
> the lyre itself. The contact area, if used correctly is the front of the
> keybed with the tool starting at the left leg side and running along the
> length close to the front. This should have very little chance of driving
> the drop screws into the pin block I'd say. 

I haven't seen the drop screw damage from lyre moves, though 
I've seen action damage from otherwise rough rides. But yes, I 
agree entirely. Something like the horse looks to me to be an 
ideal approach to avoiding teardown/setup damage.
Ron N


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