Sans Fallboard???

[Thomas Cole]

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Sarah,

I've seen a picture of Glen Gould playing the Goldberg Variations with 
the fallboard removed. There are some places where the hands cross over 
each other, which is easy (okay, less difficult) on a two manual 
keyboard but the fall board gets in the way on a piano.

Tom Cole

Sarah Fox wrote:

> Hi all,
>  
> I was watching "Great Balls of Fire" last night, about Jerry Lee 
> Lewis.  I noticed that in a few of the grands they had set up in the 
> movie (which I presume were set up the same way as they were in real 
> life for the guy), the fallboards had been removed.  Of course with 
> his hands flying all over the keyboard, and especially when playing 
> while standing, it's easy to see how fingers colliding with a 
> fallboard could be problematic.  I've had the fallboard removed from 
> my piano for a long time, and although it looks ugly that way, I have 
> to admit it feels nice to have the extra room, especially since I play 
> pretty deeply into the keys.
>  
> Question 1:  Do some of the more... er... *energetic* performers 
> request their pianos be set up sans fallboard?
>  
> 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?
>  
> And lastly, a trivia question:  Did Lewis *really* set a piano ablaze 
> (with alcohol dumped all over the soundboard) and perform "Great Balls 
> of Fire" on it?!  <GASP!>
>  
> Peace,
> Sarah
>  


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