Front lid extended during performance

[William R. Monroe]

Carman,

Your official responsibility is to act in the best interests of your client.  There is no "answer" that you "must" give.  You must take what you know, have learned, can deduce, from any given situation, including this one, and make your best professional recommendation.

The bottom line with grand piano lids IMO is that they are not "designed" to be in the closed position while the lid is up.  To what degree leaving them in that position causes damage will depend upon the condition of the assembly to begin with and the care with which it is manipulated thereafter.  Only you can make the recommendation because only you are there and can see the piano.

William R. Monroe

  My colleagues,

    This is what I need to know: 

    As a registered member of the Piano Technicians Guild, what is my official responsibility to advise the owner of a grand piano if I see the front lid extended while the main lid is propped up?   What must I say if they ask me whether the front lid IS or IS NOT designed to tolerate that configuration?
    
    As the original poster of this question, I really appreciate your responses. 
   I would like to hear the opinions of -piano manufacturers- or factory reps as to whether the front lid was -designed- to be extended when the main lid is propped up.

  Carman Gentile RPT
  Redwood Chapter
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