[CAUT] Locking piano cover

[Don Mannino]

It's hard to say if there will be damage.  Like anything, a small amount of care will prevent any damage.  The cable is plastic coated.

It's easy to unlock and lock, but not as easy as a simple fallboard lock.  If I remember correctly, you undo the lock at the tail leg, then go to the keyboard end and pull the cable forward and lay it on top of the piano. Then remove the cover and fold it up.

Then again - how many students or faculty actually fold a piano cover carefully?  Right - so no matter what, there can be some damage from carelessness.

Don Mannino

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Bousel
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 2:30 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Locking piano cover

Thanks for this info. Two more questions:
Except for when I'm servicing the piano this cover will be removed and replaced by faculty and possibly students. Is it easy enough to do?

Also, what is the chance of damaging the case when removing/replacing the cover?

thanks,
Aaron

At 05:09 PM 10/21/2010, you wrote:

Instrument Covers by Jill, (google that) made us a heavy padded cover for a Baldwin D Grand with a vinyl coated steel cable.  The cable runs through two grommets in the hem below the keybed and runs straight back to the tail leg.  The tail end of the cover has a heavy padded tongue that protects the tail leg.  And the two ends of the cable are looped and covered with a heat shrink plastic.    A padlock at the tail leg secures the whole thing.  (They even included the padlock).

It wasn't cheap ($600.00) but the school had just spent $40K on a rebuild, so they really wanted to protect it.

Gordon Large, RPT
(Colby College, Waterville, ME)



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From: Aaron Bousel <abousel at comcast.net>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 4:52 pm
Subject: [CAUT] Locking piano cover

I've been asked about getting a piano cover that can be locked. Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm not talking about a fallboard lock. This is for a S&S B that is sometimes used for "low level" recitals and lives in a room that is typically not locked.

thanks,
Aaron

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Aaron Bousel
Registered Piano Technician, Piano Technicians Guild
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(413) 253-3846 (voice & fax)

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