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"Lyons Roar"
by Jesse Lyons, RPT
(deceased)

A series of articles published in The Piano Technicians Journal beginning June 1968 and ending November 1979

He also received the Men of Note Award 1972 and was voted by council to be a Guild Sustaining Member in his later years.
He and Bob Qualls, RPT were best known for their Klunker Klinick classes.
Gary Neie, RPT carried on that legacy with his class, Hospital for Hopeless Pianos.

1968

Noisy Damper Block
(June, page 17)

Spring Groove Lubrication
(July, page 13)

Dampers
(August, page 18)

The Square Grand
(September, page 15)

Repairing Broken Upright
Abstracts/Stickers

(December, page 15)

1969

Warped Things
(January-February, page 14)

Squeaks and Groans
(March, page 12)

Striking Points
(April, page 13)

Slapping Jacks
(May, page 14)

Handy Jack
(June, page 13)

More on Action Squeaks
(July, page 14)

Broken Agraffes
(August-September, page 13)

Prolonging the Life
of Old Piano Hammers

(October, page 16)

Broken Keys
(November, page 15)

Action Tapes
aka Bridle Straps
(December, page 16)

1970

More About Bridle Tapes
aka Bridle Straps
(January-February, page 14)

Balance Rail Pins
(March, page 14)

Key Repairing
(April, page 15)

Soundboard Rim Repair
(May, page 20)

Soundboard Repairing
(June, page 14)

Kimball Brass Rails
(July, page 16)

Grand Damper Repairing
(August-September, page 14)

Grand Damper Regulating
(October, page 16)

Sostenuto and Damper Stop Rail
(November, page 14)

Console Damper Flanges
(December, page 14)

1971

Console Damper Flanges
(April, page 12)

90 Degree Actions
(May, page 14)

Tightening a Loose Grand Lyre
(June, page 14)

Emergency Repairs
on Grand Jacks

(July, page 13)

More Key Repairs
and Key Weighting

(August-September, page 12)

This, That, and the Other
(October, page 14)

Where Angels Fear to Tread
(November, page 12)

Tuning Electronic Baldwin Pianos
(December, page 14)

1972

Springy Pelican Springs
(January-February, page 12)

Repairing Squeaky
Bottom Boards

(March, page 12)

Installing Wippen Lifters
aka Elbows

(May, page 14)

More About Wooden Elbows
vs.
Plastic Elbow Replacement

aka Elbows

(June, page 14)

What Do You Do If?
(July, page 15)

More About Kimball
Brass Rail Repairs

(August-September, page 15)

More on Baldwin Electronic Pianos
(December, page 13)

1973

Regulation for Heavier Touch
(January, page 14)

Making a Key Replacement
(February, page 14)

Fat Bass Dampers
(March, page 13)

Rebushing Grand Damper Rails
(April, page 15)

Repairing Split Main Rail
(May, page 12)

Jumping Tuning Pins
(June, page 13)

Old Steinway Hammer Flanges
(July, page 14)

Crowded Tuning Pins
(August, page 18)

Changing Tuning Pins
(September, page 13)

It Happened on the Way
to the Perfect Point

(October, page 13)

More on Grand Lyre Repairs
(November, page 14)

I Know It All
(December, page 10)

1974

Regulating Knocking Backchecks
(January, page 13)
"
Just Roarin' Around
(February, page 13)

Hidden Things
(March, page 11)

Unwanted Loot
(April, page 13)

Eliminating Unwanted Noises
(May, page 15)

More About Damping
(June, page 12)

Grand Damper Work
(July, page 13)

Damper Lift
& Pedal Trap Levers

(August, page 13)

Bubbling Hammers
(September, page 14)

Conserving Space
(October, page 13)

More on Conserving Space
(November, page ?)

1975

Something Different
(February, page 17)

String Repairing
(March, page 13)

Subtituting Possibilities
(April, page 17)

Hollywood, Fla., Bound
(May, page 12)

Grand Key Block Problem
(June, page 14)

Who, Me?
(July, page 12)

Florida PTG Convention
(September, page 15)

Let's Do It Right
(October, page 12)

Grayson County College Tuning School
(November, page 13)

Wegman Nightmare
(December, page 13)

1976

Grand Pedal Renovation
(January, page 12)

What Is The Answer?
(February, page 14)

The Student Member Problem
(March, page 12)

The Action Tape
Merry-Go-Round

(April, page 13)

Stuttering or Dancing
Grand Hammers

(May/June/July-1, page na)

Flange Screw Problem
(May/June/July-2, page na)

Nomenclature
(August, page 12)

Lyons Roar
on Temporary Leave

(October, page 14)

1977

Let's Go
(December, page 20)

1978

Kranich and Bach
Spring Cord Repair

(January, page 20)

Tuning versus Theory
(March, page 19)

The Art of Aural Tuning
(April, page 13)

General Regulation
Tips for Verticals

(June, page 17)

Replacement Parts
for Older Pianos

(September, page 13)

1979

Regulating Upright Dampers
First Article
(March, page 33)

Regulating Upright Dampers
Second Article
(June, page 45)

Replacing a Pinblock
(July, page 37)

Repinning Flanges
(August, page 32)

Heavy Pedal Action
(November, page 19)