Rob Since the Hamilton fallboard is at an angle, a convention fall board lock isn't going to work. There are two options. One is to put a full cover on it, as you suggested. It won't lock the piano, but it does prevent most people from playing on the piano. The other option is to put a lock on the piano that attaches to the fall board and the front rail. The problem with that is that it look ugly and tacky, but more importantly, when the key is lost, someone will try to force the lock off, which make an even bigger mess, especially on a nice piano such as this one. You notice I said when, and not if, because the key for that lock WILL be lost. If it was me, I would go for the first option. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Rob McCall <rob at mccallpiano.com> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Mon, Jan 10, 2011 10:55 am Subject: [pianotech] Baldwin Hamilton Lock I was tuning a Hamilton this morning and the teacher expressed an interest in aving this piano locked up so students can't get into it arbitrarily. The standard wallboard lock doesn't seem to work here. Anyone have any luck finding a solution to keep both the lid and the fallboard losed and locked with minimal cosmetic damage? A cover is an option, but they are looking for a different solution... Thanks! ob McCall McCall Piano Service, LLC ww.mccallpiano.com urrieta, CA 51-698-1875 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110111/2a1f0e17/attachment.htm>
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