lyre problem

[Clark Sprague]

John,  You mean the solenoid rail cover, right?  The way I always do this is 
to use the original lyre brace rods, and add two blocks of old pinblock 
material (glued and screwed and painted black) to the bottom of the keybed 
on the tail side of the solenoid rail cover.  Just make the blocks long 
enough and positioned properly to give you the needed clearance to make it 
not touch the rail cover.  Drill appropriately angled hole to take the rods, 
position, mark, screw and glue, and there it is.  You'll be surprised that 
the blocks don't have to be that big to give you the clearance you need to 
put those braces on there.
    And, it is no surprise to most of you out there, that some installers 
will take the track, "the people that buy these things never play the piano 
physically, anyway, so who cares?"  A pretty sorry excuse for taking these 
kinds of shortcuts, IMHO.  Clark A. Sprague, RPT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Formsma" <formsma at gmail.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 3:26 PM
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.