Front lid extended during performance

[Prof. Euphonious Thump]

What it will do is cause the screws to stress their
individual holes,   resulting in little "bumps" in the
wood, above each, and eventually tear out. Not nice. 
( I refinished an 1891 "B" with this problem. )
     Thump
  
--- Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote:

> 
> >       I recently tuned a concert grand for a
> visiting well-known
> >     pianist.  He insisted that when the grand lid
> is opened and resting
> >     on the long stick, that the -front- lid be
> closed.  That is, the
> >     front lid was extended toward the player with
> its bass edge resting
> >     on the bass end of the piano case.  The rest
> of the front lid was
> >     supported only by its hinges.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       Have any of you seen a grand lid
> -intentionally- left open in this
> >     configuration?  Does that stress the hinge
> which connects the front
> >     lid with the main lid?
> 
> If the hinges can't take this stress, the piano is
> trash. It's 
> a non event, or an indication of a need to upgrade.
> 



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