This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I can't answer about the sock; that has long been a mystery to me too, = but I think I understand the fall board wear (I'm an amateur pianist = with some marks on my piano's fallboard!) If you hold your hand out in = front of you and stretch your thumb and little finger as far apart as = possible to simulate playing a stretch chord, you will see that your = middle fingers are extended way forward towards the fallboard. So if = your stretch chord is black keys for at least the thumb and little = finger, your fall board is at risk, especially in the fast passages. I = would suspect that the better pianists have more control and don't have = this problem (hmm, maybe I ought to have my fallboard touched up!) Regards, = Mike ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Robert Goodale=20 mysteries in life that has no answer.=20 I was talking with a client who was wondering why grand pianos = sometimes develop wear marks on the fall board above the keys. = Admittedly I had no definitive answer. I'm sure you have all notice = this, particularly above the sharps ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/17/ca/7d/6d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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