pianotech-digest V2001 #1378

[Tom Servinsky]

Jim,
Several years ago we were faced with the same problem.  Then, Baldwin would
sell a new lid, unfinished or finished and the price was reasonable.
We ended up ordering from them and then customized the size to fit our
instrument, as even 9ft pianos will vary from one end to the other.
Be prepared to lay out of the hinge placement and drill out all the holes.
If you have never taken part in a lid placement scenario, plan ample of time
for placement, then double checking before any drilling begins.
This will be far cheaper than going to your neighborhood millwork operation
to do the work.
Tom Servinsky,RPT

Plan B- get fancy and have a Plexiglas lid made for a fraction of the cost.
----- Original Message -----
From: "james turner" <JTTUNER@webtv.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: pianotech-digest V2001 #1378


> I have an unusual situation.  A customer of mine wants to buy an old
> Knabe 9' grand, but the lid is complelely missing.  It was once in a
> college, but nobody knows what happened to it.  Can a lid be made for
> this piano and where would one go for this?  Thank  Jim
>