Floppy Fallboard dilemma

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One word.... velcro

-------------- Original message from Kenneth Jankura <kenrpt at earthlink.net>: -------------- 


> 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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