Hi Otto, Now you know why we are in the shape we are in >g< I can't even get down on the floor and do the soft ball thing for the back. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Otto Keyes" <okeyes at uidaho.edu> To: <jminor at uiuc.edu>; "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway in the hayloft??? > Mike Wathen will probably remember an incident in Sioux Falls (don't > know if you were in on that as well, Tim (Coates)) where we were helping > Mark Kreitzer put a piano in a basement. Customer was renovating the > basement & said they never intended to remove the piano, but really > wanted it down there. Unique piece with hammered copper or brass relief > scenes on the front. > > Mark had everything off that would come off -- action, keybed, arms, > etc. Only thing left was glued together parts -- sides, feet & strung > back -- still weighed a ton. Curved staircase w/ sloping ceiling & wall > at the bottom. Had to start out on one end in the kitchen & be turned > over once on the way down. Got to the bottom with great > difficulty....only to find we had started on the wrong end & it would > only go one way -- back up! By the time we got it back up to the > kitchen we barely had the strength to turn it over. 2nd time down came > with experience, so went a bit easier. I think I left Sioux Falls just > so I wouldn't have to see that piano again! > > Otto > >
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