<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV>In a message dated 1/17/05 9:52:08 AM Pacific Standard Time, cmpiano@comcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How about Velcro?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer<BR>PTG assoc</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-L= EFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">-</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> <DIV>Carl,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sounds like a good plan.  But how do you get the cat's butt unstuck from the piano?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave</DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-L= EFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transpa= rent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>---- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>Fr= om:</B> <A title=mailto:Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:pianotech@p= tg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 17, 2005 6:= 54 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Spring clip to secure fallboard?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV>List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Quite a mundane topic in comparison to steel plates, but a practica= l one nonetheless:  A client of mine wants his fallboard to be secure= when in an open position so that his cats don't knock it over onto his fingers when he's playing it.  I'm not really fond of the after-mar= ket fall arresting device I've seen that operates with a bellows and cable.  It's kind of micky mouse and makes removing the fallboard f= or any reason more time consuming than I like.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Does anyone have a recommendation for a leaf-spring type securing device?  I've seen a few in catalogues, but was wondering if anyone= could offer input on this.</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>