This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I got a golf bag cart from goodwill for $6. Modified the base to put a = straight edge and a lip on it (wood). Now I can carry an action safetly = out of a home/institution, down stairs, through doors, over rocks, = through sand traps, over woodchuck holes, through small streams, over = the mountain and through the woods. Folds tiny, well, er, a, like a golf = cart! See you and raise you three chips! (Of course, it does make quite = a loud noise when you drop the action from the keybed to the cart below = - guess I could try lifting it to the cart! ;-) Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Diane Hofstetter=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 3:01 AM Subject: Re: Designer Grand Action Transporter > Good tip, Diane. However, I just bought a nice table, 26" by 48" at = Costco, here in Arizona. Cost me $35. It's sturdy, has locking legs, and = it's so light weight, I can carry it with one hand. It's got a two inch = thick table top that won't warp, and is perfectly flat. See you and = raise you two chips.=20 Sounds like a great table Kevin! I will have to go to Costco and have = a look; tables like that can have many uses. =20 However, is the height adjustable? Does it go up and down stairs = (while carrying the action for you)? =20 Of course, for a strong young buck like you, that's not important. = Now as for me, I don't want to ever have to carry a grand action alone = again!=20 Diane >=20 > Arrgh! Now I suppose you're going to want to know the name of the = company. Well, of course, I tossed the card right after I bought it, but = I can always go back to Costco and get the info for you. Let me know, = and I'll do it for the list.=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: Diane Hofstetter=20 > To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 11:32 PM=20 > Subject: Designer Grand Action Transporter=20 >=20 >=20 > Martha Stewart to the rescue again! Do you, like me, hate lugging = grand actions around? Martha has designed the perfect grand action = transporter.=20 >=20 > I can pull the action out of the piano onto it, work on the action = right there, wheel it over to my bench and slide it onto the bench, = wheel it out to the car and slide it into the back of my station wagon. = It even goes up and down steps.=20 >=20 > Who would have thought Martha Stewart was looking out for us = pianotechs?=20 >=20 > I found it in K-Mart, just sitting there waiting for me. The ones = that had been there the week before were all sold and this new load was = just perfect. It's extra wide to give the action more support. Has a = nice mesh top for straps to hold the action securely when wheeling it = like a truck-dolly up or down steps or across rough terrain. It's = adjustable to different heights.=20 >=20 > It was only $65 plus another $20 or so for the wheels, hardware and = straps. You could probably buy a used one for very little outlay.=20 >=20 > I knew it would work because a couple of months ago, when I had to = bring a Steinway O action home a couple of times, I was desperate for = help in lugging it around and had tried my home ironing board and it = worked quite well even without the wheels (but it couldn't go up and = down the customer's steps without the wheels).=20 >=20 > Fun!=20 >=20 > Diane=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Diane Hofstetter=20 > 245-M Mount Hermon Rd.#343=20 > Scotts Valley, CA 95066=20 > ph 831-438-6222=20 > fax 831-430-9741=20 > dianepianotuner@hotmail.com=20 >=20 >=20 = >------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------=20 > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com=20 >=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b4/6e/2b/e1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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