[pianotech] Wood box for grand

[Paul T Williams]

I never thought of routing out some notches...What a great idea.  Our two 
concert grands are in very narrow "garages" with an immediate sharp turn 
to get either, or both, on the stage elevator.  This would keep the stage 
crew from yanking them out by the lid!  Do Boseys all have these notches? 
I wonder why more manufacturers don't just do this automatically...at 
least on the big grands.

Paul




"joel a. jones" <jajones2 at wisc.edu> 
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Alan,

You bring up a point I had forgotten because we routed notches in our 
concert
piano many years ago.   One of the smarter things we did as it keeps 
the stage
crew from pulling on the lid to guide the piano.  In a pinch one person 
can move
the piano off/on stage with the 'hand holds' cut under the keybed.

I was concerned about the removal of the wood from under the keybed, 
but we
never had any problem.   The cut was wide enough to get your four 
fingers
into the slot, and about one inch deep.  Make the hole  in the middle 
of the
piano just far enough apart to reach comfortably with your hands beside 
you
and approximately 3 inches from the front of the keybed.

Try it you'll like it.

Joel
Joel Jones, RPT
Madison, WI

On Nov 20, 2008, at 10:37 AM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote:

> We have some built-in closets where we keep some of the pianos that 
> reside in our concert hall. The Bosendorfers we have feature notches 
> under the keybed large enough to grab with the fingers of your 
> palms-up hand.  This makes it much easier to pull the piano out of 
> it's cave, especially when clearance is limited through the doorway. 
>  I'm considering doing this to other pianos that may see the inside of 
> the closet as well.  
>
> Alan Eder
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Pierre Pouliot <ppk2 at globetrotter.net>
>  To: pianotech at ptg.org
>  Sent: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 2:52 pm
>  Subject: [pianotech] Wood box for grand
>
> Hi,
> I'm asked an estimate to build a wood box to protect a Yamaha C7 grand 
> that will be installed in a secondary school.
> Is there already some plan to buid such a box?
> I think I'll recommand a cover installed over it that will go over the 
> complete rim. I'll also include a mackintosh cover to put directly on 
> the piano.
> Any idea or recommendations?
>  
>  
> < span class="265052813-19112008">Pierre Pouliot
> PTG Associate member
> Gaspé, QC, Canada
>
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