I can't settle this issue, but I can throw more fodder on the fire. Having smashed enough fingers on old Kimball fallboards, I started taking off all fallboards when I tune, if able to do so quickly. The first slow-fall fallboard I came across was on a Boston grand, which is made by Kawai for Steinway. I was surprised, because when I set the fallboard back in, and tried to lower it to make sure I had it in correctly, I really had to press hard to get it to close. So, I took it back out, installed it again, same thing. So when I went back to my dealer, I checked out the other Bostons, and sure enough, they all did it. So I was impressed. I have been tuning Yamahas for over a decade, and have never noticed a slow fallboard. At least not in the same sense as the Boston. Gary McCormick At 06:03 PM 2/11/97 -0500, you wrote: >In a message dated 97-02-11 12:27:13 EST, you write: > >>Wim, >> >> Are you sure you're not thinking of Kawai? I can't remember about Yamaha, >>but I know Kawai has an excellent one. >> >>Avery >> >>>1. I was not aware that Kimball made a slow falling fall board. I thought >>>only Yamaha had one of those. >>> >>>Willem Blees RPT >> >>_____________________________________ >>Avery Todd, RPT > > > >Will someone else settle this debate? > >Wim >
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