Nick
I don't know if this is any different than how you do it, but this is what has worked for me.
First, remove the dedal rods. Put the support rods in the bottom box. Lift the whole lure and get the plates to come together, but not lock it in. This gives the lyre a little wiggle room. bring the support rods into the holes in the bottom of the piano, and tap the top of the box into place. You will find that one of the support rods is longer than the other, by just a few mm. So you want put the longer one in first, and then the shorter one.
It's still a pain the neck, but it gets the job done.
The only other way is to put on the lyre with the piano upside down. But that creates a whole 'nother problem. lol
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Willem "Wim" Blees, RPT
Mililani, HI 96789
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-09-2020 12:41
From: Nicholas Gravagne
Subject: Steinway Lyre Insallation
Hello All,
Anyone have a clever technique on installing the Steinway Lyre single-handedly? Not getting any younger, and struggling with mating the plates, hammering the upper lyre block back into the locking position, while at the same time lining up and inserting the dowel supports has never been an easy one person installation.
Has anyone ever created adjustable support dowels (or modified the existing dowels) such that these can expand from too short to snug by lengthening same via some sort of screw arrangement?
Currently working with an old, large and heavy vintage S&S B lyre, the kind where the rear pedals are enclosed in the pedal box.
Any and all suggestions welcome!
Nick G
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Nick Gravagne, RPT
Mechanical Engineering
Nick Gravagne Products
Strawberry, AZ 85544
gravagnegang@att.net
928-476-4143
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