Fun with lyres

[David ilvedson]

Many movers use this method with a moving blanket under it and 
usually no problem.  What we need is a device that hooks up 
under where the lyre was used only for tipping.  On the occasion 
that I move a grand I put the board on the dolly with a block 
under the end of the moving board.  I remove the lyre and bass 
leg and with help let it down on the board...only about 14 
inches or so.  The block keeps the board from going down much.  
Then up and over onto the board which is already on the dolly 
and finish up with straps etc. and away we go...works great!

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA


> From:          PDtek@aol.com
> Date:          Sun, 5 Jul 1998 03:14:46 EDT
> To:            pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject:       Fun with lyres
> Reply-to:      pianotech@ptg.org

> In a message dated 98-07-05 01:45:43 EDT, you write:
> 
> > As I rolled the piano up on it's leggs
> >  (sorry Deb) I learned what happens when a lyre snaps and breaks.
> 
> >Lar
> 
> The local movers just love to give me crap about rolling pianos up over the
> lyre. But hey, nobody else is around when its time to set the piano up after
> an install, so how else am I supposed to do it? I've used this method on
> pianos up to 6'3" and have never had any problem, but I suppose it is just a
> matter of time. I don't envy your experience, it must have been an extremely
> unpleasant event. I think I'll double check lyres in the future. Makes me
> think of the time that a mild mannered baptist minister tuner I know  was
> pitch raising a Meisner vertical one morning when the plate exploded. He
> quietly packed up his stuff, drove home, laundered his drawers, and went to
> bed for the rest of the day. And they say there is no drama in piano service.
> 
> Have a good one
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@jps.net