David I would add the brass short prop. If fact, you should get two of them, and cut the second one in half, and place it on the lid prop, along side the other one, so that accompanists will have three lid height options to choose from. In my opinion, this kind of addition does nothing to the value of the piano, any more than putting a truck under the piano. Wim -----Original Message----- From: David Boyce <David at piano.plus.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Fri, Jan 8, 2010 3:48 pm Subject: [pianotech] Ethics of prop sticks. The theatre have an 1894 Steinway B (or the then equivalent). It was rebuilt by Steinway about 30 years ago and is beautiful. It only has a one-piece lid prop, as they did at that time. I have been asked about a short prop: the piano is mostly used for accompaniment rather than recitals these days. I have written showing the director I deal with, outlining the options of the short brass prop from Pianotech which would be fitted alongside the existing prop stick, or replacing the existing original prop with a new two-piece prop stick, stained and polished to match. My initial thought was that the replacement would be the nicer option. But tonight I am having qualms. The existing stick is the original. If I replace it, will the piano cease to be "authentic" in some way? (Albeit the action got lots of new stuff 30 years ago). What do you think folks? Best regards, David Boyce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100108/df03ce65/attachment.htm>
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