Hi guys, You said it! >We gotta write that book, Ron!> Yesterday I tuned a 1950's Bentley upright and noticed a gold decal under the top lid which said " Automatic Resonance Prop". Thinking that this might refer to some ingenious innovation in their soundboard construction, I peered around the back of the piano in expectation of finding some sort of bracing structure. Alas, all seemed to be normal in that area. Then I analysed the words again------"prop"-----What does that word mean? Hmmm....."Stick" maybe? So then I looked at the prop stick. Yes !!!!! Indeed it was an automatic prop stick to hold up the top lid. ( It operated by gravity. BIG DEAL! Regards Alan Forsyth Edinburgh
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