Yes, and perhaps you will find yourself "praying" that two people other than yourself will be lifting it back up! Especially the old uprights, they can sure get pretty heavy - a good tilter really pays its way here! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <drose@dlcwest.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 9:17 AM Subject: Re: Running CA > Hi, > > Put down newspaper or plastic on the floor to protect it. Place two 2X4 on > the floor flat side down. Roll piano over to the 2X4's so that they are an > inch or two under the bottom of the piano. Tilt. The advantages are: > > It's cheap > It's portable > Fingers will not be crushed getting "out from under" > It's easy to get fingers in to place the piano back up > Children can't crawl under it > Instrument will never fall off tilter > Two persons should do the tilting > > The disadvantages: > > Piano is much lower so you will be "praying" on the floor > two persons needed to tilt > > At 06:13 AM 10/18/2001 -0400, you wrote: > >Don & all, > > > > Kay and I have done the procedure w CA glue on many pianos with acceptable > >results. But could you say more about using 2x4s? > > > > Wally Wilson, RPT > > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > > mailto:drose@dlcwest.com > > > > http://donrose.xoasis.com/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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