<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I guess this was the first time I needed to remove a Samick lyre. I was surprised to see that the lyre was attached to the keybed with two bolts that require an allen wrench to remove. So I run down to the local hardware store and buy a full set of metric allen wrenches (great, now I own two sets). The 10 mm wrench is just a teeny tiny bit too large and the 8 mm is way too small. Set did not include a 9 mm. But because of the way the 10 and 8 mm fit, I'm not terribly sure a 9 mm will fit properly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Anyone out there know what size allen wrench is required for a Samick Lyre? It is a model SIG-50 and serial # GJL0181. I looked in Pierce (1998 edition), and such a serial number is not listed, so I don't know what year the piano is. Lady said it was new in 2001.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>The reason I wanted to remove the lyre was to repair the sustain pedal. It is functioning, but there is a huge amount of side-to-side play - I told her to be very easy on the pedal until fixed because it appeared to be ready to fail completely. Anyone familiar with Samick pedal box innards? Is it like a Yamaha with two simply plastic dowels that have the hole in the middle to accept the pedal pin? Is it more commonly the dowels that get enlarged? Or does the pin come loose from the pedal and then migrate? It seemed that the pedal pin was still in both dowels (or whatever) as there was not much twisting (rotating along the long axis of the pedal) allowable.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Anyone have a contact for Samick pedal box parts?  Roger? Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell<BR>Farrell Piano</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.farrellpiano.com">www.farrellpiano.com</A><BR><A href="mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com">terry@farrellpiano.com</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>