> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 05:51:00 -0800 (PST) > From: Benjamin Treuhaft <blt@igc.org> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: The Revenaugh Lower Lid in New York Times > Cc: jjhersh123@aol.com > Reply-to: pianotech@ptg.org I can't say it is a very new invention/idea as we have talked bout that very idea on the list some time ago. Don't tell me this is something that has been patented? Instead of attaching the lid to the piano you could make a wedge shaped reflector that would slide under any grand piano. The dolly would have to be taken in to consideration though... David ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA > Today's NYT has a front-page story on a new invention: a lower lid > which collects and reflects outward the tone from the bottom of the > soundboard - tone which normally just bounces around down there. The > only part of the idea I don't like is that with the lower lid in place > there is no room for me. I love to sit under pianos when they're being > played. You have to pretend you are checking the substructure or the > customer will think you're nuts. > Benjamin Treuhaft > Berkeley, Calif. > > >
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