lyre problem

[Dean May]

If you add spacer blocks of wood near where the braces would attach to the
keybed you can find a landing place for the braces. Usually I make them out
of the scrap piece of keybed that I removed for the solenoid slot. So a
couple of inches thick should do the trick. 

If you don't want to go that route you can make your own easy enough by
bending rod as you described. But why? The spacers work great. 

Dean

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-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of John Formsma
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 3:27 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: lyre problem

List,

Gulbransen fetal grand with (of all things) a PianoDisc.

Problem is that lyre braces were removed to install PianoDisc, leaving
no place for OEM or supply house braces.  (The control unit under the
piano is attached to where the braces normally would be.)  There are
two screws that hold the lyre in place.  Without the braces, they
have, of course, stripped out the wood.

I have two ideas, but don't know if the first one will work long term.

1) There is plenty of room to add two additional screws.  That's easy
enough to do, but I'm wondering if those two extra screws will give
enough support for the lyre.  The two existing screws are toward the
front side of the lyre block.  Adding the two extra screws toward the
back of the block might work, but I don't know for sure.  Any guesses?

2) The other thing is to design some metal braces to go around the
control unit and screw onto the wood above it.  That is doable, but
they would have to be welded, and the design of which would take
significantly more head-scratching.  And trips to a machinist/welder.

What else am I missing?  Any other options or recommendations?

Thanks,

JF