<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> How about always positioning the Baldwin= keyboard stage right and the rails won't show? David I.     ----- Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: Susan= Kline <<A= href="mailto:skline@peak.org">skline@peak.org</A>> To:= College and University Technicians <<A= href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>> Received:= Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:07:02 -0800 Subject: RE: [CAUT] Cleaning= Grand Covers At 01:15 PM 11/18/2004 -0700, Jim= wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">I m not kidding, really. Only our trained= stage managers or the technicians remove the covers (or move the= pianos) and we have a special place for the covers. Pianos are= kept in a piano garage. (I m talking about the concert= instruments, of course.) Are we the only ones who do it this= way? </BLOCKQUOTE> Newport= Arts Center in Oregon just bought a new Steinway D. They had= been really careless about bashing pianos, and their old concert= grand just had a big oversized unfitted quilt laid over it.= Abruptly, they changed their ways, and incipient trends toward= piano-police-hood began to appear in several of them. They are= buying fitted covers for ALL their other pianos (the 9 foot= Baldwin, the 6 foot Baldwin, and three uprights.) But what= really amazed me was that (all by themselves) they bought a nice= new (tall) bin on wheels to hold the Steinway cover when it is= off of the piano, and they put a big fat label on the lid of the= bin. "PIANO COVER STORAGE" And they have been using it.= I would never have predicted this. The empty bin= fits in the piano garage right along with the piano and the= artists bench. Now, a question -- their SD-10 now gets= to leave its lid in its own room, and gets to share the stage= with the new D for two piano concerts. It has two rails along= the straight side, no doubt for protecting the lid when it has= to be tilted for moving. They are offended by the sight of these= rails. It's not likely to be moved on its side in the= foreseeable future. Shall I try to get them to just let me sand= and repaint the rails to make them look better (which will= probably not be enough cosmetic improvement to satisfy them), or= would it be reasonable to rout them down so they aren't as= apparent onstage? They've been there all along, of course, but= the piano has never turned that side to the audience till now.= Susan Kline </BODY></HTML>