<html> <body> At 12:57 PM 1/26/05, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hi all,   I was watching "Great Balls of Fire" last night, about Jerry Lee Lewis.  I noticed that in a few of the grands they had set up in the movie (which I presume were set up the same way as they were in real life for the guy), the fallboards had been removed.  Of course with his hands flying all over the keyboard, and especially when playing while standing, it's easy to see how fingers colliding with a fallboard could be problematic.  I've had the fallboard removed from my piano for a long time, and although it looks ugly that way, I have to admit it feels nice to have the extra room, especially since I play pretty deeply into the keys.</blockquote> Plus, you don't have all those "ugly: scratches that some pianists think "should" be there :-) NOT! Avery </body> </html>