Dumb Move #2

[Isaac OLEG SIMANOT]

Hello,

When tuning a grand, the desk goes definitively under the piano, never any
other place on a stage after having my first broken (fallen) desk lately.

First time habits are sometime the best ones.

Isaac

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]De la part
> de Clyde Hollinger
> Envoye : mercredi 3 avril 2002 13:43
> A : pianotech@ptg.org
> Objet : Re: Dumb Move #2
>
>
> Tommy,
>
> If I had to judge who made the dumb move, it wouldn't be you.
>
> A similar situation develops when I take the case parts off the
> front of the
> piano to tune it, and lay them on the floor. ( Leaning them
> against a wall is an
> even worse idea in a "little kid" house.)  Something about them
> attracts the
> kids, and they like to walk on them.
>
> Now we all know some of those music desks aren't all that
> substantial even for
> holding music.  I've never had a kid actually break one, but if
> Mom or Dad are
> nearby I usually ask, "Is it okay if I put these parts here?"
> mostly to alert
> them to keep their eyes on the child, or the dog, or whatever.
>
> Regards,
> Clyde
>
> Bigeartb@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> > Hello Ya'll:
> >      I've been in this business for almost 30 years and told ya'll about
> > dropping my first set of dampers and busting my tootie at the same time.
> > Well, today I went to the local college to do some work for my long time
> > friend in the music department. Because of dampers problems I was in the
> > process of removing the action from his Hyunda Grand Piano and
> had pulled it
> > out over the edge of the key bed as I have done a number of
> times. I left it
> > well balanced and turned around to move a table closer so I
> could completely
> > remove the action and set it on the table. How was I too know
> my best ole
> > buddy decided he wanted to see the hammers jump up while it was
> setting on
> > the edge of the key bed. So he hit a major chord with both
> hands....hammers
> > jumped up....real hard. You guessed it the action  fell off the
> piano  , hit
> > the floor perfectly on the key end and bounced around. I
> ?+$%^#@ and his eyes
> > got big. You know what. I picked it up, placed it on the table.
> Nothing was
> > broken and I only had to adjust the back checks. I put it back
> in the piano
> > and it played just as "bad" as the thing ever played. The moral
> of the story.
> > Never let your best ole buddy play the piano unless the strings are real
> > close to the hammers. It will jump off the edge of the instrument.
> > Another dumb move.....I know....I should have already had the
> table ready for
> > the action. How was I to know he was going to play the stupid thing.
> > Tommy Black
> > Decatur,Ala.
> >
>
>