Lehr piano

[gordon stelter]

The only Lehr I've seen was, possibly, the most
massive upright ever. The lid was paneled ( even on
the inside )  and  a couple inches thick, and the rest
of the case was distinctly "Gothic". 

G


--- Ed Carwithen <edwcarw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear List:
>    
>   I am preparing to work on a Lehr piano.  The only
> numbers I can find (and these are on the piano in
> several places) are 1396.  In the piano atlas the
> serial numbers go from 18000 to 56000.  There should
> be a serial number that matches the atlas somewhere.
>  Does anyone have a clue as to where that might be?
>    
>   For those who might run into this some time: 
> While trying to get a look inside the piano I had
> trouble figuring out how to take it apart to get at
> the action.  Finally I discovered that the moulding
> at the front/top of the piano over the key cover
> could be unscrewed from the forward part of the
> plate on the inside.  That revealed the screws
> holding the key cover assembly, which uncovered the
> screw holding the cheek blocks.  Knowing this might
> help keep someone else from wasting time searching
> for a way into the piano's insides.
>    
>   Ed Carwithen
>   John Day, OR
>    
>    
> 
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