Author: Jim E.
Date: 2004-06-05 03:55
Not all lyres are the same. You might try to find one with a thinner mounting ring. Lacking that, get someone who does metal work to carefully shave a recess in the mounting ring to clear the key. This can be done with a bench grinder, or a file. Be careful not to remove so much metal that the ring breaks, though lyres used to be cheap, I haven't bought one in 40 years!
Our local marching band seems to not use lyres in the stands, they balance the flip books on the seat dext to them or against a case, or get someone in the band front to hold it. If you use the lyre in the stands, you will need to get it off the instrument (including the ring) before you leave the stands some time in the 2nd quarter to line up for your show.
Watch out for wind, the lyre and book can stress the tenons, even on plastic instruments or even wrench the horn our of your hands.
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