<HTML>Ron, Back in my days as a piano mover I faced one of these.  It was a Ba= ldwin, but it was the same idea.  I remember facing the same dilemma: &= nbsp;how does one remove the screws to dissassemble the danged thing when th= ey're on the bottom side?  As I recall, we just bit the bullet, and hir= ed two more guys to come out and lift the entire piano up and onto the board= without putting any stress on the left leg, then taking the whole thing apa= rt from there.   If the lyre is sturdy enough, you could put a padded prop under it that'= s high enough to allow you to access the bracket screws on the leg, and poss= ibly even on the lyre side.  I almost always used the lyre in tipping t= he piano onto the board, unless it was extremely wimpy.   Dave Stahl In a message dated 3/22/03 10:02:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, rrg@unlv.e= du writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Looking for some input on p= roper set up/break down of a piano with a "spider lyre".  Okay, first t= hings first: This is my name for it and not necessarily the official nomencl= ature.  I borrowed it from the "spider dolly" concept. What I'm talking about here is a Chickering quarter grand with double le= gs.  The a lyre is connected to each double leg in the middle with long= extensions.  Basically a "Y" type arrangement with all three legs tied= together with the lyre as the mid point.  The question is what is the = normal procedure for striking and setting one of these?  The connection= s are attached via screws on the BOTTOM side, thus you can not access them w= ith the piano set up.  This means that this has to be done while the pi= ano is on it's side.  The bass side leg would have to be attached which= is not possible when tipping a grand.  The section that goes to the ta= il leg is a separate piece that also screws from the bottom.  When it i= s all assembled it looks very stylish but there must be an official procedur= e for this arrangement.  Can anyone shed some light on this? </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>