Not a fortepiano, but we've locked a harpsichord by installing grommets along the edge of the cover, then running 3 or 4 lengths of cable through it and securing with a lock underneath. -Zeno Wood On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Dennis Johnson <johnsond at stolaf.edu> wrote: > Hello- > > What sort of systems do you use to lock a nice fortepiano? What we have > been using is a goofy looking combination of straps made by the local shoe > maker. One piece wraps around the narrow part of the case with 2 straps > extended forward and around the front to underneath where they all join and > are locked together with a padlock. Actually, this might work better if it > had been designed with a little extra length, but it is a real pain to get > all the pieces connected and locked together. We say it almost looks like a > chastity belt.... and not what we're looking for. If somebody made a > hands-off fallboard lock that was 14" tall I think we would put in screws > for that. > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > cheers, > > Dennis Johnson > ____ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100921/4d64647f/attachment.htm>
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