Grand piano owners, as we all know, are "high-class", hence they have longer necks, silly !!!!!! Thump --- Michael Gamble <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > MessageOh Alan! What a suggestion! You surely know > this puts the pianists arms in the wrong position. > The question was: why do we put up with high music > desks on grands while those on uprights are a better > height for reading the music...;-] > Regards > Michael G.(UK) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan > To: 'Pianotech' > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 4:22 PM > Subject: RE: Music Desks on Grands - v - Uprights > > > To solve this problem, simply position a jack > under the butt and raise the pianist a few inches. > > Alan R. Barnard > Salem, MO > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of > Michael Gamble > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 10:07 AM > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Music Desks on Grands - v - Uprights > > > Hello List > There must be an answer to the incredible > difference in height above the keyboard of the desk > on a grand to that of an upright. One has to crane > one's neck to read music on many grand music desks - > yet that is not so on uprights. OK so the fall gets > in the way of any desk extended lower on a grand. > Why should we simply "put up" with this? Anyone > noticed this? And think of those people with a grand > which, to cut down on the noise of their playing, > they close the top lid and place the music desk on > top of the closed lid... Severe craned neck ensues. > Regards > Michael G.(UK) > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - > Release Date: 03/09/2005 > > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - > Release Date: 03/09/2005 > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
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