Hands Off Fallboard Lock

[Ron Torrella]

I think we've been mounting that thing over between C1 and F1 (notes 4-9)
and haven't experienced  problems with fallboards being pried open despite
the lock ("Good Luck!" I'd say!). We *have,* however, had one instance of
someone somehow removing the lock from the shoe without benefit of a key (I
think they cast a spell or charmed it....). After that lock disappeared, I
devised a means of tethering the locks to the piano so that dimwits won't
have much of a chance at removing them from the room/premises. The cable
holding the lock within arm's reach of the piano is rated to about 1500 lbs
tinsel strength. The screws'll tear out of the wood before the cable breaks.
:-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf Of
> kam544@flash.net
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 3:35 PM
> To: caut@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Hands Off Fallboard Lock
>
>
> >...I'm looking at about 12" on a Steinway Concert Grand...
> >Keith McGavern, RPT
>
> List,
>
> Not much feedback from CAUT, so here's what I did do for anyone interested
> and for the archives.
>
> After looking at the lock on the piano, 12" just didn't seem aesthetically
> correct, too far in so to speak.  So I ended up mounting it about 8" from
> the left of the piano.  That's around C1.
>
> Much nicer appearance and still very effective.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Keith McGavern, RPT
> Oklahoma Baptist University
> Saint Gregory's University
> Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
>
>


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