Cy, The points that youve made are well stated and, in my opinion, very accurate. The last paragraph really hits home to me. I see no evidence that the lyre was ever designed to carry weight. Its mounted in the middle of a large flat panel with no support anywhere near it. Seems to me that the designers would have put something substantial there if it was designed to support as well as hang. Respectfully, Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté www.gregspianoforte.com 216-226-3791 (office) 216-470-8634 (mobile) <http://www.wealthyaffiliate.com?a_aid=NNaYfMKd> http://www.wealthyaffiliate.com?a_aid=NNaYfMKd From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Cy Shuster Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:10 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] The much maligned Use of Lyre I heartily applaud piano movers who know what they're doing, use the right tools, and do it well. I think most of the problems I see are simple housekeeping errors: putting the wrong bolts back in the leg holes, putting pedal rods in upside down, losing the lyre braces (there's gotta be a warehouse full of 'em somewhere!). As far as lyre damage from tilting, isn't it possible that the effects aren't noticed while the movers are still folding their blankets? Couldn't the joint be weakened or broken, and then work looser under play? I sure find lots of loose lyres; something causes it. If the lyre needs fore-and-aft diagonal braces to resist the modest horizontal vector of a foot pressing a pedal down, wouldn't it need a lot more structure side-to-side if it were *designed* to be used as a fulcrum? Look at the side-to-side bracing of the tail leg, for example.... --Cy-- Cy Shuster, RPT Albuquerque, NM www.shusterpiano.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100223/e735ea22/attachment.htm>
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