I am working on the lyre of a 2007 Steinway A. I have successfully removed the pedal box from the bottom of the posts and need to remove one of the posts from the top block as well. I have drilled and cut out what seems to be enough of the wedge and gotten it to be more loose, but it will not budge, even with a sharp blow with a large hardwood drift punch.
I see what looks like an embedded dowel or screw on the backside of the top block. Does anyone on the list know about the construction of these more modern Steinway lyres, if they have a horizontal pin or some such similar to Yamaha lyres? And if so, what angle they are installed at? What looks to be something embedded is slightly to the side of the top of the tenon in both posts so if it is a dowel, it must be inserted at an angle other than 90°.
Any thoughts?
Joe Wiencek
NYC