Thank you all for replying. The locks probably have been dropped thousands of time which doesn¹t help it much. Since we have students that work in the recital hall and a grad. Student that is the manager of it doesn¹t help matters either. These same students are responsible for the chunks taken out of the lid along with the other big dings of a 4 yr old D On 8/22/07 11:47 AM, "Jeff Tanner" <jtanner at mozart.sc.edu> wrote: > On Aug 21, 2007, at 10:09 AM, TJGRAVES wrote: > >> Hi List >> I was wondering what kind of fallboard lock you have. Because currently >> we have the "Hands Off" lock that are only about 3yrs and the locking >> mechanism is already broke and they need to be replaced since it doesn't >> look like it can be repaired. Has anyone had good luck with the Jaras >> fallboard lock that Schaff sells? From the picture it appears to have a >> regular pad lock that looks like can be replaced if it ever breaks. >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Tony Graves RPT >> Piano Technician >> School of Music >> Ball State University >> Muncie, IN 47306 >> (765) 285-0053 >> >> > > Fallboard locks cause torn up pianos. We don't use them. > > UGA used a bra style structure that fit over the entire front of the piano. A > steel bar locked it in place behind the legs and it was padlocked. Only > faculty could have a copy or check out a key. I liked it very much. I > believe they were custom made there at the university shop somehow. > Jeff > > > > > Jeff Tanner, RPT > University of South Carolina > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070822/78393e8a/attachment.html
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