Front lid extended during performance

[Ron Nossaman]

> Right, but if the lid can't take the stress of being open and propped, 
> it doesn't mean the piano is trash and that it's time to upgrade, which 
> is what you said.  It means it's time to repair the lid.

Ok, trash was a poor choice of words, but a repair is an 
upgrade, which I also meant.


> I think I understand what you meant, which was that if the piano's lid 
> is so far gone, then very likely the rest of the piano is too, but that 
> wasn't clear in your original post.
> 
> William R. Monroe

No, what I meant was that propping an unfolded lid won't 
damage a functional lid, and nothing else.
Ron N