A piece of clothesline should have been adequate to prevent this. The moving company owes you, IMHO. Thump --- Michael Bloom <michael.bloom@umontana.edu> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I had looked at a 1913 Cable Upright Piano and found > it to be in very > good condition. The piano was only slightly out of > tune and all they > keys worked and there was no unusual sound (like > buzzing) coming from it. > > I contracted with a professional moving company to > move the > piano. When they opened the door on the moving > truck to take the > piano out, they found it had fallen over on the > keyboard side of the > piano. Apparently they hadn't secured it properly > and it toppled > over. (I still can't figure out how they didn't > hear or feel it). > > What I have found so far is that the 3 pedals were > broken off, the > top lid of the piano separated from the top of the > pin block, Some of > the bass keys are not leveled anymore, There is > buzzing when playing > some of the bass strings, and some damage to the > wood (mostly scraping). > > I looked over the soundboard, plate, strings, and > the part of the pin > block I could see and cannot find any cracks but I > was unable to find > the source of the buzzing. > > I am just beginning as a piano technician and don't > have enough > experience with this type of problem. This was going > to be my piano > to practice on. > > The moving company did put in writing that it fell > over in their > truck and have said they will pay for the necessary > repairs. I am > worried about possible damage I cannot see > considering how old the piano is. > Has anyone had this happen before? Any ideas on > what may have broken > or been damaged or what to look for? Any advice on > dealing with the > Moving company? > > I would appreciate any advice on this. > > thanks, > michael > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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