[pianotech] Flippin a Truck

[David Ilvedson]

So How hard would it be for these "men" to build an extension off the stage for the piano?   

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Matthew Todd" <toddpianoworks at att.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 7/1/2009 2:27:25 PM
Subject: [pianotech] Flippin a Truck


>Greetings,
> 
>There is a church with a 7'0'' Baldwin.  It is currently sitting on a truck in the front of 
>the sanctuary.  There is no room to put it on the stage, so it is sitting in front of the 
>stage on the main floor.  Some men in the church are deciding to take the truck and 
>flip it over, so the piano will sit taller.
> 
>The music minister does not like that idea and has volunteered to build a platform for 
>the piano instead, but others like the idea of flipping the truck, so the piano will gain 
>approx. 8''.
> 
>Knowing that the trucks are not designed to use upside down, has this been done 
>before, successfully??
> 
>Thanks in advance!
> 


> 
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