---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment About 20 years ago, I ordered a 'folding table' made out of aluminum,=20 with wheels, from a specialist in wheel chairs. I gave them some specific measures and to this day I greatly enjoy this=20= neat regulation help. I had them make it so, that it would be approximately as high as the=20 key bed of a grand piano. It is thus very easy to pull the action onto this 'table', without=20 having to lift the action. I use this table mainly to temporarily store the action, and to do=20 technical work which does not require the stability of the keybed, such=20= as positioning wippens, positioning back checks (bending wires etc) and=20= positioning jacks. When I don't use that very handy table, my colleagues in the work place=20= use it all the time to put whatever stuff on it they are busy with. It shows clearly that these kind of trolleys or moveable work platforms=20= are indispensable. EAR On 6-mrt-05, at 21:03, David Ilvedson wrote: > Although I haven't actually bought one, I like the idea of the=20 > extension you screw into the keybed bottom.=A0 Bill Spurlock has one = for=20 > $53.=A0=A0 I do a lot of my action work on the keybed, turning the = action=20 > around with keys under the pinblock.=A0=A0 What do you think? > > David Ilvedson > > > > > > Original message > From: Barbara Richmond > To: Pianotech > Received: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 12:34:27 -0600 > Subject: Re: Portable tables > > > What's the brand, John?=A0 I had been thinking of purchasing one I saw=20= > at Wal-mart for $45.00=A0 Hmm, I think it's made for camping, folds in=20= > half with a handle for carrying, but only five feet long (space is=20 > sometimes a problem, but 5 feet would do it).=A0 It looked pretty = sturdy=20 > in the picture (not one of those light weight, flimsy things).=A0 I = had=20 > just said to my husband that I thought I'd go buy it, take it home,=20 > get it out of the box and see if it was good enough.=A0 If not, back = it=20 > goes! > =A0 > Barbara Richmond > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Ross > To: pianotech > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 11:16 AM > Subject: Portable tables > > I had seen these foldable tables before, and always thought that one=20= > might be a good thing to have. > Well they went on sale, about $60 Cdn, and I purchased one. > It folds in half, and has a handle. > I took one to a house, set it up on a drop cloth. I was able to remove=20= > the action from the piano, to do some work on it, without having to=20 > worry about scratching the customers furniture. > It seems to be fairly sturdy, and is 72" X 36" when opened. > =A0 > I should have bought one years ago. > John M. Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada > jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca > friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek www.concertpianoservice.nl "Where music is no harm can be" ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 4332 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/93/e5/2f/56/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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