Yes, drilling in an expensive instrument makes me nervous, too. You could try the cheapo version. No drilling, no screws, just adhesive tape: http://www.meyne-klaviertechnik.de/start.php?languag=en&go=10details&id=3371&code=0&zustand=8 Gregor ------------------------------------------ piano technician - tuner - dealer Münster, Germany www.weldert.de From: joegarrett at earthlink.net To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:38:55 -0800 Subject: Re: [pianotech] "slow fall" ...addition Lou said: "Any recommendations for adding a "slow fall / soft fall" to a grand fallboard? QRS has one available, but drilling the hole in the keybed of a Beckstein makes me a little nervous! Thanking you in advance-" -Lou, Get the mechanism and hardware from Yamaha or Kawai. (I've forgotten which one will not sell it to you.<G>) You will need to put some counter-weight on the fallboard to make it work correctly Regards, Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I _________________________________________________________________ http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0911xDateiensenden3 Große Daten übertragen? Ganz einfach mit dem Messenger! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091125/6648c539/attachment.htm>
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