BIG FRONT

[Richard Brekne]

Grin... You live in the land of lawsuites Ron... Drop one on your foot, break a
toe or two.. and sue them for 20 million. Then you can relax for the rest of
your life and get into the poking into what pianos really are kinda stuff you
always wanted to have time and money for.

As for us here in the civilized world... grin.. we'd get laughed out of court
for trying so I suppose I will just have to put up with this kinda stuff.
Personally, its all I can do sometimes to keep from getting all ryled up about
how little some designers think about servicing. You'd think sometimes they
thought these things would never have to be opened up.

Ron Nossaman wrote:

> >Yup, that's the way I moved it as well. I spent 2 seconds thinking the
> >thing was mighty heavy, but then I thought, "Well, there is only one
> >'thing' to take off and put back on where other pianos might have three
> >or more." Could be worse.
> >
> >Kent
>
> Aw now Kent. There you go messing up a perfectly good rant by getting
> philosophical. 8-)
>
> True, it's only one piece, and the weight isn't even out of line. It's the
> lack of safe grasp attach and lift points that bothers me. Someday, one of
> those assemblies WILL be dropped on either the piano, or Aunt Aphasia's
> decorative antique thunder mug, and I'd rather not be the guy standing
> among the shards with a broken fallboard lip in hand. I'm thinking how easy
> it is to pull the front off those P22s in the school systems and churches.
> That nice secure block where the lock is installed is just the right size
> for a handle, and on the balance point of the front. I suppose that means
> that it's just a lock mount, and the fact that it makes such a good handle
> is accidental, but they could have easily accidentally installed a similar
> lock less block in this model, the better to enhance our lives and protect
> Aunt Aphasia's decorative antique thunder mug from undue risk. It could
> even be an UGLY block, since it's inside and invisible most of the time.
>
> Just an old grouch looking to be spoiled, I guess.
>
> Ron N

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Richard Brekne
Associate PTG, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway