Somewhere I saw an articulated, curved fallboard. European piano, I think, but I can't place it. Making a fixed-lip fallboard into an articulated one doesn't seem really that difficult. You just need a good table saw. A thin blade might be a good idea, but check out the "kerf" in the current S&S B and D. Tape the finish to protect it from scratching while it goes across the table saw table. The hard part is supporting the piece at the angle you want. I think I'd screw a board to the bottom of the fallboard (the back when closed)--that part's never seen, so screw holes would be irrelevant. Then you could attach another support to that board to run across the table at the right point. I don't have a Hamburg fallboard handy to look at the curve, but it seems to me that the right spot for the kerf is just above where the curve starts, running perpendicular to the inside surface at that point (radial to the curve, right angle to the tangent). Maybe even where the saw blade runs through if you just lay the fallboard on the table, decal down??? Once the cut is made, it would be fairly easy to finish, or have finished, the cut surfaces, install those four little hinges, and two buttons. Mind you, this is speculative. I've not done it yet, but have seen it done on the NY fallboards of a couple of smaller pianos. Anyone done this? Doug Wood Piano Technician School of Music University of Washington dew2 at u.washington.edu (206) 543-3514 On Mar 31, 2009, at 5:47 AM, John Minor wrote: > THis is being looked into, but the nature of the ceiling in the > hall makes this a difficult lighting issue. There are no theater > productions in this hall due to this very issue. > > JOhn > > ---- Original message ---- >> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:26:01 -0400 >> From: Draine <draine at mac.com> >> Subject: Re: [CAUT] hamburg steinway fallboard shadows >> To: jminor at illinois.edu, caut at ptg.org >> >> What's wrong with correcting the lighting? Given how much time & >> effort is usually put into lighting for any theatre production, I >> think a brief consult with some people in hall management for the >> drama department would be able to address this issue expeditiously. >> Patrick Draine >> >> On Mar 30, 2009, at 4:32 PM, John Minor wrote: >> >>> >>> Any suggestions? (Improve the lighting!!!?) >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090401/37951e37/attachment.html>
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