<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2712.300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My experience with locking fallboards = is that eventually somone will not have the key and will break in to the piano = and do more damage than would have happened if it was left unlocked.  A = nice pad and and big sign that says: "Please do not place anything on the piano" = will do about as much as can be done.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob = Edwardsen</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>