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At 01:57 PM 1/26/2005 -0500, you wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Question
2: Are pianos ever permanently set up with a fallboard that can
either flip back ~OR~ lift out? If so, what is the best way to do
that -- that doesn't risk scarring up the case with exposed pins, that
is?</font></blockquote><br><br>
My Rippen Grand is designed. The fallboard is a single panel,
hinged at the<br>
base. The "hinges" are actually metal slots cut at about
45 degrees, and<br>
these are mounted on the fallboard, to engage metal pins in the frame. To
remove the fallboard you simply tilt it about half-way down and pull
out--it comes out easily with no tools and goes back in the same
way.<br><br>
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