That's exactly why I no longer move pianos with student help! Being a state university, we're also self-insured, so I got that "fixed" years ago! :-) Avery At 02:48 PM 6/23/05, you wrote: >yea, I agree. I really should have went to law school. > >Ron > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@luther.edu> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 5:28 AM >Subject: RE: Baldwin SD-10 weight > > >>At 06:52 6/23/2005 -0500, you wrote: >>>We had a similar leg breaking incident here with a "B" and a threshold. >>>It was a piano that normally didn't move anywhere. If you like, I can >>>get you the name of the young man who was moving the instrument and was >>>but 2" from having his foot amputated. He can give a dramatically told >>>story of his feelings when that hit the floor. That kind of money >>>saving is what has made our legal profession as lucrative as it is. >>> >>>dp >>> >>>David M. Porritt >>><mailto:dporritt@smu.edu>dporritt@smu.edu >> >> >>Absatively posalutely! Then there are the ones who did the folding back >>leg trick to a Baldwin R (5'8"). Three days later(after the weekend) the >>tech crew (good friends) in that building phoned and said I should come >>and take a look at the piano. >> >>Found piano with that end of piano sitting on a chair, leg tucked under >>carcase and music from the "activity" still on the music rack - bench in >>corner of room. I suppose it was easier to play standing up with the >>keyboard at that angle. >> >>Oh! Did I mention the "do not move" sign found on the floor of the room >>the piano _had_ been in? Temporary illiteracy strikes again. >> >>Grrrr >> >> >> >> >>Conrad Hoffsommer >>It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object realize that you are in a >>hurry. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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