To remove the leg, the lyre must be set up on a rolled up blanket. All rolling is done with a blanket under the lyre. If I were to choose not to use a lyre I would come up with some sort of replacement because the leverage situation without is just brutal. Andrew Anderson On Nov 24, 2009, at 11:02 PM, Greg Newell wrote: > Yeah but you still roll the corner of the bottom corner of the lyre. > I know, I know. You personally never do. > > Greg Newell > Greg's Piano Forté > www.gregspianoforte.com > 216-226-3791 (office) > 216-470-8634 (mobile) > http://www.wealthyaffiliate.com?a_aid=NNaYfMKd > > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf Of Andrew Anderson > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:02 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Lyre Damage > > > On Nov 23, 2009, at 9:01 PM, David Stocker > wrote:<image001.jpg><image002.jpg> > > > Picture, please? > > Dave Stocker, RPT > Tumwater, WA > > From: Andrew Anderson > Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 18:36 > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Lyre Damage > > I always use a lyre brace since a brand new chinese one broke its > lyre when I was tipping. No problems since. > > You can by one from QRS or you can make your own. > > length of steel electrical conduit > length of all-thread that just fits inside > a matching nut and washer > a length of 2x2 > self adhesive felt lamp bottom covers > some type of flexible adhesive like PL400 > > cut the 2x2 into two reasonable lengths and drill one corner to > accept conduit/all-thread and adhesive > apply the self adhesive felt to the business sides of the 2x2s and > you have an adjustable brace. > > Andrew Anderson > > On Nov 23, 2009, at 5:42 PM, JWyatt1492 at aol.com wrote: > > > Hello Garrett, > > I never tip a Oriental Grand Piano on the Lyre. > I tip all American Pianos except one, that being > the H.C.Bay. > > Weak wood is always weak wood. > I have repaired too many pedal Lyres. > > > Regards > Jack Wyatt > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091125/0ac5ae8c/attachment.htm>
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