List, Well, I'm admitting it! I made a really stupid mistake today. I'm only telling this to remind others of the possibility. As you all know, most pianos have the felt lined cutouts for the pedals on the front side. Well, that's what I was thinking (without thinking, of course). The problem was that Steinways don't because of being able to remove the pedals from the front with the plate. Today, I found an 'L' where the bottom box had come loose and was sitting almost on the floor. I took it to the shop to reglue it. My problem was that because of the felt thing mentioned above, I glued it in backwards!!!!!! :-( Thankfully, when I went back to put everything together and reinstall the lyre, only about 1-1/2 hours had passed, but with heat and some wedging and prying, I was able to get it separated and reglued correctly with very minimal damage! (Thanks Danny Moore for the heat idea!) At first, all I could think of was having to drill it out and replace the dowel and wedge, etc. The second time I did a dry fit first just to make SURE!!!! I've only been working on pianos for almost 30 yrs. :-) DUH!!!! Just a warning that's hopefully, able to help someone else! Avery P.S. Les, that's why I didn't make it to the meeting today with LaRoy! I really wanted to and intended to!
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