<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Hi all<br><br>This is my first post to the list...<br><br>I have a question about techniques for propping open the lid of a piano with a side hinged lid. I tuned a Yamaha M1A the other day and couldn't figure out a good way to get the lid open high enough so that I could get my tuning hammer on the pins vertically. I tried flipping the lid all the way open but it hit the ceiling. And short of unscrewing the hinge from the lid of case I couldn't come up with anything.<br><br>Any suggestions?<br><br>Thanks,<br><div> </div><font size="3"><span style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;"></span></font><span style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Paul Clement</span><br></span>Certified Piano Technician<br>GTAtuner@yahoo.ca | 416.903.1871<br><font size="1">Piano Technician's Guild Associate Member</font></font><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></span></span><div><br></div></div></body></html>