Steinway lyre

[Jon Page]

Look at the trapwork.
Bent spring?  Stop block dislodged restricting travel.
Did they use the lyre as an aid in the move?
Did the support screw get bent during the move and is rubbing now?

Was it working right before they moved it?

Off the top of my head,

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 04:29 PM 12/1/98 -0600, you wrote:
>List,     I tuned an old Steinway today that had been moved from an
>upstairs room downstairs to the sanctuary . Guys in the church moved it .
>They took off the lyre & legs & scooted it down the stairs. They said
>something was wrong with the damper pedal. When I checked it , it would
>work the dampers but the pedal is very hard to push & the dampers do lift
>,but not a whole lot. I took out the action to see if something was
>binding somewhere. I worked the dampers by hand & they worked just fine.
>I checked to be sure that there was a little play in the pedal, that was
>ok. The rods were numbered & seem to be in order. Anyone have any ideas
>as to what might cause the stiffness?
>Thanks,
>Dick____________Louisiana
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