I have moved harpsichords hundreds of times, and have never witnessed
any damage caused by or influenced by the presence of a fallboard.
Regarding CB's assertion that a fallboard will transmit knocks from
the top to the bottom, well, so do the case walls. On the other hand,
I have seen, among other things, transposing spacers go missing and
keys broken or misaligned due to a lack of a fallboard. When I move
our small Italian harpsichord, I place a coreplast cap over the
keyboard end, under the cover, to protect the keyboard.
-dpj
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Hinrich Muller
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> No, don't use them when transporting the instrument; they will do more harm
> than protect.
>
> Hinrich
>
> On Apr 14, 2009, at 3:43, Thomas Dent wrote:
>
>> 2. With modern non-attached fallboards - just planks of wood really -
>> in or out for moving the instrument? CB says out, as they transfer
>> knocks from the top to the bottom.
>> ~~~T~~~
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