David If the nuts into which the bolts are attached are ripped out of the piece of wood that is part of the rear leg assembly, you should contact Petrof to see if they can make another one. I don't think this is the type of repair that you would want to "glue". Unfortunately, this little "mistake"?is going to cost the Community Center some big bucks. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, HI 808-349-2943 www.bleespiano.com Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: David Trasoff <david at davidtrasoff.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 6:58 pm Subject: "Downer" piano 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 --- 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 = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080805/13c51c94/attachment.html
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