Or...................... go to a sports store, and get one of those chin-up bars which expands to fit the frame of a door. Screwed tightly closed it fits right in, and has rubber tips on it to boot. les b _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Erwinspiano at aol.com Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 10:13 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: Piano horse Hi Dean Very Clever idea. I am one of those who routinely moves a grand by tipping on the lyre. wWell unless really rickity. However the way we do it is essential to reducing stresses on the lyre. We lay the Skid on a custm made dollie which has big flat hard rubber wheels which do not pivot. This provides a platform for the piano to land on which is about a 12 to 14 inch elevation above the floor. This re -duces the severe angles known to destroy lyres. I may have cracked one in 34 years. It was probably rickety. Never the less I will incorporate your beautiful simplistic idea. Thanks Merry Christmas Dale Erwin Here is a very simple brace you can make out of 1/2” threaded rod and electrical conduit. One end lodges between the inside of the leg top and keybed and the other end pushes against the lyre. It makes the lyre really solid and definitely makes the piano easier to tip on its side and vice versa. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.24/592 - Release Date: 12/18/2006 1:45 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.24/592 - Release Date: 12/18/2006 1:45 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061218/7792a4f6/attachment-0001.html
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