At 10:20 AM 2/20/2005, David Ilvedson wrote: >If all else fails why close the fallboard? > >David Ilvedson Gasp! Choke! DUST!!!!!! Eeek! (Hey, it's the customer's hangup, but I have to fix it...) Seriously, if someone paid $70,000 for a piano, shouldn't they expect a simple thing like a fallboard to work? This thing is about 3 years old... Israel >----- Original message ---------------------------------------- >From: Israel Stein <custos3@comcast.net> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Received: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 07:01:36 -0800 >Subject: Really, Really Gradual Descent Fallboard > > > >List, > > >Has anyone encountered a problem with one of those gradual-descent > >fallboards freezing? I have a customer with a 7 ft. Bosendorfer with one of > >those who really has to push down very hard to close the fallboard - and > >then really crank on it to get it open again. For what that thing cost, I > >suspect that the fallboard should work. The piano is probably out of > >warranty - it's the second owner. Not knowing how those mechanisms work, I > >hesitate to start pumping lubricants into them. The only other bit of data > >I can add is that the piano lives in a cool, moist, foggy environment. > >Anyone have any idea how to deal with this? > > >Israel Stein
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