<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER= -LEFT-STYLE: none; WORD-WRAP: break-word; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; kh= tml-nbsp-mode: space; khtml-line-break: after-white-space"> It is a good design in general...much better than the tiny screw= s/hinges imho... David Ilvedson <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5p= x; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message From: "Jeff Tanner" <JTANNER@MOZART.SC.EDU> To: = "College and University Technicians" <CAUT@PTG.ORG> Received: 10/3/2= 005 8:14:06 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Baldwin desks "Upon further review..." it appears that someone tried = to fold the music desk backwards, and it didn't go, so they thought the= y had to force it.  I'm not worried about musical music desks.&nbs= p; Only one light bulb burning in the room at the tail end of the piano= , which might be why they needed to "fold back" the music desk. <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>David, the fold down part already has a brass tube inserted in the= end.  The folding part of the music desk is only so thick, and th= e tube of sufficient size that only the outside layers of veneer are su= pporting it.  Some sort of metal capping would help.  Unfortu= nately, this one only has the screw holes up underneath pulled out.&nbs= p; You can't just put a plug or toothpicks in there either.  It's = a soft wood that just tears all to pieces. <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jeff <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>On Oct 3, 2005, at 10:35 AM, Wolfley, Eric ((wolfleel)) wrote:</DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-= SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,= 0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BO= RDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decoration= s-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"= > Yeah, most of ours (and I’m sure there are more h= ere than anywhere in the world) have the ends where those little pins g= o in intensely rebuilt with epoxy. They actually get rather strong with= the addition of sturdy polymers. I like the overall design because the= y cover the whole Pinblock area and keep a little more dreck out. I don= ’t think any music desk will survive being punched out by a frustrate= d student.   Eric   <DIV> Eric Wolfley, RPT Supervising Piano Technician</FON= T> College-Conservatory of Music</FO= NT> University of Cincinnati</= I></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><= /DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>