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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List and William</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Rippen grand is typical to most =
grand fall
boards. The odd one out is S&S where you need to remove the end =
block screws
from under the key-bed to remove the fall, end blocks and key slip rail =
all in
one. There are many pianos where the front edge of the fall is hinged to =
the
main part of the fall board and is thereby able to be folded down =
against it.
Broadwood grands used to have a double folding fall board - first fold =
back the
front half onto the back half and then fold back the two together into =
the
action opening. Very neat.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=wjmwjm@asisna.com href="mailto:wjmwjm@asisna.com">William =
J
Morton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 26, =
2005 8:00
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sans =
Fallboard???</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>At 01:57 PM 1/26/2005 -0500, you wrote:<BR><BR>
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size=2>Question
2: Are pianos ever permanently set up with a fallboard that =
can either
flip back ~OR~ lift out? If so, what is the best way to do =
that --
that doesn't risk scarring up the case with exposed pins, that
is?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>My Rippen Grand is designed. The
fallboard is a single panel, hinged at the<BR>base. The "hinges" =
are
actually metal slots cut at about 45 degrees, and<BR>these are mounted =
on the
fallboard, to engage metal pins in the frame. To remove the fallboard =
you
simply tilt it about half-way down and pull out--it comes out easily =
with no
tools and goes back in the same =
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