<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My colleagues,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  As the original poster of this question, I really appreciate your responses. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I would like to hear the opinions of -piano manufacturers- or factory reps as to whether the front lid was</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> -designed- to be extended when the main lid is propped up.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carman Gentile RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Redwood Chapter</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>