"Downer" piano

David Trasoff david at davidtrasoff.com
Mon Aug 4 22:58:02 MDT 2008


It was a classic scene I walked into--A community center where the  
stage area was part of a larger floor space. I came in as a musician  
playing (not piano) as part of a dance accompaniment ensemble, and  
there it was, a 6' Petrof that the house staff had tried to move off  
the stage area into another room by just shoving and rolling it from  
the front, which was fine until they came to the transition from the  
bare floor to a carpeted area bordered with a raised edge and, yes,  
they had snapped off the rear leg and the piano was down at the back  
end. I wish I had had my camera, or could at least get my cell phone  
camera to work.

I left a card, so it's possible I may get called. My question is  
this: I looked at the amputated rear leg, and it looks like the large  
lag screws it was attached with had just been ripped out of their  
holes. How would one fill or otherwise reconstruct those holes in the  
back of the case so that the screws would have something to be  
screwed into? Also, what other damage might you typically look for  
after a piano takes a fall like that? The leg itself looked  
completely intact. I didn't check anything further under the piano at  
the time.

Thanks!
David

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David Trasoff
Professional Piano Service
4130 Verdugo View Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90065
Tel: 323-255-7783
Fax: 323-313-1519
david at professionalpianoservice.com





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