Looking at the design of the front lid and how it hinges, there can be little question that it was not meant to hang loosely on an open lid. If the front lid was meant to be extended when the lid is propped open on a piano, a different hinge configuration with some kind of an efficient support for the overhang would be used. Harpsichords may present a different situation, the lids being small and light in comparison Jurgen Goering -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 462 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080106/9ff4e872/attachment.bin
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