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  • 1.  Grand Fallboards that fall too easily

    Posted 12-16-2019 18:50
    What hip devices are out there these days that can prevent a grand fallboard from falling too easily. Any suggestions on what will work on not-so-new pianos?


    Frank French
    970-644-7207





  • 2.  RE: Grand Fallboards that fall too easily

    Posted 12-16-2019 20:38
    Router a half round channel and screw in or glue painted rebar

    Alexander Brusilovsky



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  • 3.  RE: Grand Fallboards that fall too easily

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 12-17-2019 00:02
    Go to Amazon and do a search for "piano fallboard slow close". Dozens to choose from. They work.

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    Geoff Sykes, RPT
    Los Angeles CA
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  • 4.  RE: Grand Fallboards that fall too easily

    Member
    Posted 12-17-2019 00:03
    I am not sure where you can get it but I have seen something that has a mini hydraulic shock absorber that is mounted on the hinge side of the piano rim. This was on a Baldwin Artist Grand piano. I took pictures but it may have been something made by Schimmel . A number of grands have slow closing fall boards but this is the first time I saw one with the shock absorber device

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    James Kelly
    Pawleys Island SC
    843-325-4357
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  • 5.  RE: Grand Fallboards that fall too easily

    Posted 12-17-2019 04:50
    Jurgen at his Piano Forte Supply sells a nice one. I installed one of his units on a grand some years ago and it works very well.

    pianofortesupply.com   You'll need to email him for details.

    Contact

    email:
    info@pianofortesupply.com

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    (250) 754-2440
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    Piano Forte Supply
    232 Machleary St.
    Nanaimo, B.C.
    Canada  V9R 2G6



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    Terry Farrell
    Farrell Piano Service, Inc.
    Brandon, Florida
    terry@farrellpiano.com
    813-684-3505
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