The real problem is the music will keep sliding off onto the floor...;-] David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 1/7/2008 3:06:54 PM Subject: Front lid extended during performance >No... it is not designed per se to be used in the closed position. On >the other hand if you are careful about positioning the thing as the >artist wants, the occasional artist who wants this is not going to cause >any damage by playing the instrument thus. >You just dont want to yank open the top with the lid down.... or flop >the thing around or any of that... >Cheers >RicB >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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