<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On 12, Sep 2006, , at 5:05, Brian Doepke wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; ">Hello List,</SPAN><O:P style="font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><O:P style="font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; ">There is a church piano, baby grand, that has very shallow grooves in the tray of the music rack. </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun:yes; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; ">I imagine that the grooves are supposed to help keep the music from sliding off.</SPAN><O:P style="font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><O:P style="font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; ">These grooves are so shallow that they are almost useless.</SPAN><O:P style="font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><O:P style="font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; ">Besides cutting new grooves in the wood, what other options do you have so that the music rack can become more functional and music can stay on the piano?</SPAN><O:P style="font-size: 13.3333px; "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><O:P style="font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; "> </SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px; ">Thanks.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE>I had a similar problem with the music rack on a Rippen Grand. The rack base was smooth,<BR></DIV><DIV>varnished wood, with no grooves or any impediment, and I was constantly seeing music</DIV><DIV>slide off.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I went to a local plastics company and obtained a square rod (1/2" x 1/2") of Lucite (transparant--</DIV><DIV>looks like glass), just shorter than the width of the rack. While there I persuaded them to drill a </DIV><DIV>small hole in each end. Took it home, attached it to the base of the rack, and problem solved. </DIV><DIV>It even looks like it belongs there!</DIV></BODY></HTML>