"Spider Lyre"

[gordon stelter]

How about a little ratchet screwdriver short enough to
reach underneath and take those screws out?
     T

--- Piannaman@aol.com wrote:
> Ron,
> 
> Back in my days as a piano mover I faced one of
> these.  It was a Baldwin, but 
> it was the same idea.  I remember facing the same
> dilemma:  how does one 
> remove the screws to dissassemble the danged thing
> when they're on the bottom 
> side?  As I recall, we just bit the bullet, and
> hired two more guys to come 
> out and lift the entire piano up and onto the board
> without putting any 
> stress on the left leg, then taking the whole thing
> apart from there.  
> 
> If the lyre is sturdy enough, you could put a padded
> prop under it that's 
> high enough to allow you to access the bracket
> screws on the leg, and 
> possibly even on the lyre side.  I almost always
> used the lyre in tipping the 
> piano onto the board, unless it was extremely wimpy.
>  
> 
> Dave Stahl
> 
> In a message dated 3/22/03 10:02:51 PM Pacific
> Standard Time, rrg@unlv.edu 
> writes:
> 
> 
> > Looking for some input on proper set up/break down
> of a piano with a "spider 
> > lyre".  Okay, first things first: This is my name
> for it and not 
> > necessarily the official nomenclature.  I borrowed
> it from the "spider 
> > dolly" concept.
> >  
> > What I'm talking about here is a Chickering
> quarter grand with double legs. 
> >  The a lyre is connected to each double leg in the
> middle with long 
> > extensions.  Basically a "Y" type arrangement with
> all three legs tied 
> > together with the lyre as the mid point.  The
> question is what is the 
> > normal procedure for striking and setting one of
> these?  The connections 
> > are attached via screws on the BOTTOM side, thus
> you can not access them 
> > with the piano set up.  This means that this has
> to be done while the piano 
> > is on it's side.  The bass side leg would have to
> be attached which is not 
> > possible when tipping a grand.  The section that
> goes to the tail leg is a 
> > separate piece that also screws from the bottom. 
> When it is all assembled 
> > it looks very stylish but there must be an
> official procedure for this 
> > arrangement.  Can anyone shed some light on this?
> >  
> > 
> 
> 
> 


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