Lyre repair

[Mark Story]

On Thu, 11 Apr 1996 TUNERJIM@aol.com wrote:

> welcome:
>
> I've had good luck with dowels inserted horizontally through both members.
>
> tunerjim

So you're the one that's doing that.  Grrrr.  This doesn't solve the
problem.  What you end up with is a lyre that will loosen again as soon
as the glue breaks - loosen, but not completely fall apart if you're
lucky.  If you're not, the lyre tenons will come apart because you have
severed the grain where you drilled the horizontal holes.  Now try to fix
it!  Stick to the proper method, outlined here by others, of drilling out
the wedges, cleaning it up and reassemble with new wedges.

Mark Story, RPT

mstory@ewu.edu
Eastern Washington University Music Department
Cheney, Washington, USA
http:www.class.ewu.edu/MUSIC/Department/music.html