Mike, I presume that is what is going on, but it seems that, short of a gate latch, I'm the villain. Ken On Oct 24, 2006, at 7:52 PM, Mike McCoy wrote: > Maybe she catching it with her forearm when she turns music pages > and pulling it back down on her hand? > > Mike > > Kenneth Jankura wrote: >> Help! >> I tune a Yamaha GB1 grand in a church. >> I received a call a while back that the pianist is unhappy that >> the fallboard is so loose it falls on her hands. >> I stopped by to check it out, and this mechanism is a little >> different from the G series grands. >> It is spring metal that is circular and follows a leather covered >> circular mortice in the side of the fallboard. >> I tightened the spring tension by wedging the spring with a piece >> of hammer felt under the bottom of the two screws, effectively >> making it push against the leather harder. I could feel that it >> held better in the up position. >> No go. Another call, fallboard still keeps falling on the >> pianist's hands. >> I went back and carved some hammer felt and glued it to the inside >> of the case, in just the right spot so when the fallboard is >> raised, it puts a lot of pressure when it is in the up position. I >> felt I had to use quite a bit of force to place the fallboard in >> the up position. Permanently fixed. >> Of course, I just got the call that the pianist has once again >> removed the fallboard because it keeps falling on her hands. What >> is going on? The music director and I joked we might need a gate- >> type latch to satisfy this situation. >> What should I do? What has worked for you in the past? How do you >> redesign a floppy fallboard??? >> >> P.S. I suggested a well placed tuning mute... >> >> Ken Jankura RPT >> Newville, PA >>
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