List, Would anyone happen to have a suggestion on where I might be able to find someone to duplicate/repair a badly messed up pedal lyre on an old Knabe grand, app. 6'3"? I sent an e-mail to a tech friend of mine in this general area but I don't know if he'll have the time to do it, so in the meantime, I thought I'd see if anyone had any other suggestions. I was working with the pedals and suddenly, the whole bottom of it broke and/or came loose. It's obviously been worked on before, not very well. I'm not a good enough woodworker to do this one, so any suggestions would be welcome. Even replacing it. The one pictured in the Schaff catalogue "might" be adaptable but the measurements are somewhat different. Theirs: 21¼" high, 13½" wide @ top, 10" wide @ pedals. Mine: 23" high, 12" wide @ top, 8½" wide @ pedals. There is a little flaring out in the design on the Knabe, so there would probably be room to "cheat" a little. It would be nice to have an exact duplicate but I seriously doubt that's possible. Unless someone can duplicate some of the parts. Actually, I just took another look and realized that the only thing that would have to be done is to duplicate the two tapered "legs" between the pedal box and the top and drill out and replace the old dowels that join the two. I'll probably be putting this on the pianotech list tonight when I get home, so I apologize in advance to any of you who will end up getting two of these posts. Thanks. Avery ________________________________ Avery Todd University of Houston Houston, TX
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