This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Thanks all, =20 Rick, I like the idea of mounting something under the keybed (less obtrusive). =20 =20 John, we tried covers for a few and that has merit, but with over 350 upright pianos here (425 total pianos) the idea was dumped for budget reasons. A few do have covers, but even those get damaged because the covers are just thrown in the corner of the room... =20 Jeff, please tell me more about the Schimmel corner guards. =20 Wim, good idea, but then that would need to be attached to the front. It could certainly be inexpensive to do. The metal we used before was indestructible, but it looked bad from the start. =20 Ron, whoa! Too many doors. :-) =20 Thanks again, Jim Busby BYU =20 ________________________________ From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Rick Florence Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 3:57 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Upright front "guard" =20 Jim, I have not tried this yet... When moving the EX (I think that was the one, it's all a blur) at the KC convention in June, I noticed a metal plate mounted at the bottom of the bass arm, screwed into the bottom of the keybed. The idea obviously was to protect the corner when tipping the piano. I have thought of trying something similar for an upright we have in a recital hall that is used often for a classroom. It has the same damage you described. My idea is to mount a metal plate, about 1/8" thick to the underside of the keybed that will run the length of the piano. It will stick out about 1/8" to take the brunt of the door jam, etc. and will be painted black to blend in with the piano finish. I will also drill holes for cheek block and keyslip screw accessibility. This will preserve the look of the piano, as I don't think it will be very noticeable, and should protect the front from movers, both trained and untrained. Like I said, I have not tried it yet, but I think it will work well. Rick ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/8e/d8/aa/01/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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