You are right. I was thinking of a situation where the bottom of the lyre drags along a raised surface, not a situation where it hits an immovable object. K On Jul 21, 2010, at 6:25 PM, Fred Sturm wrote: > > On Jul 21, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Kent Swafford wrote: > >> Arggh. Lead with the keyboard end first so that obstacles will tend to move the lyre back into the lyre support rods. > > > Although, if there is enough speed/momentum, it might be better the other way. Let the lyre break up top (not too hard a repair). If the props are supporting it, then you have the lyre trying to stop the whole momentum of the piano cold. I'm not sure what would break and where, but maybe I don't want to find out. I could imagine the lyre pulling its locks out of the keybed, making a splintery mess up there, and props busting out their slots at the rear end, as one scenario. (Better to remove the lyre as you suggested strongly in your earlier post). > Regards, > Fred Sturm > fssturm at unm.edu > http://www.createculture.org/profile/FredSturm >
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