I found that extremely funny. Allan Sutton, m.mus. RPT www.pianotechniquemontreal.com > > Picture of hired help. > Job complete with no mishaps. > Thanks everyone for your time and thoughts. > Gene Nelson > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* *tnrwim at aol.com* <tnrwim at aol.com> > *To:* *pianotech at ptg.org* <pianotech at ptg.org> > *Sent:* Monday, June 21, 2010 7:00 PM > *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] not for the feint of heart or anything else > > > Does not sound like anyone has had experinece. > Thanks again, > Gene > > Gene > > > Just for curiosity, could you explain a little more what happened, how you > picked the piano up, and what kind of damage there was. > > Wim > > > > > *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] not for the feint of heart or anything else > > When I suggested a full time, fully insured professional PIANO mover, I > meant just that – someone who does nothing but move pianos all day long, > every day. The company I use here in New Hampshire does about 2,000 moves > a year. That includes concert grands as well as pianos of any size. They > do difficult stair moves of some fairly large grands when needed, and > basically have had just about every curve ball thrown at them over the > years. You may not have the benefit of movers of that caliber in your area, > and yes, there are many piano movers who can only be trusted to a certain > level of difficulty. > > If you know of such competent piano movers in your area, I would be hard > pressed to believe that you would have the same level of skills as them (no > disrespect to you at all intended – you wouldn’t expect your piano mover to > be as good a tuner as you, would you?) But that’s your call. The sticking > point for me would still be the exposure to liability associated with your > assistants should something go wrong. Would you be enlisting the assistance > of others who have never moved a piano before? I certainly hope not, as > that would be unwise. I wouldn’t expect the judge in the personal injury > lawsuit to show a lot of sympathy. > > Most of the time we get away with doing something careless or unsafe. > That’s true for BP too, except for that one big WHOOPS we hear about every > day. > > Will > > Gene , > Ditto again. Let me be more clear. ARE YOU CRAZY ? I'm kidding > --somewhat --- but anyone who entrusts this kind of job to labor pool help > ,or even stout friends is asking for trouble. > I don't mean to be harsh here and maybe you will plow ahead anyway and > maybe it will all turn out OK , but I'll follow Wills last post again with > a suggestion that you put this in the hands of an insured -bonded piano > mover. > I say this with love in my heart, > Tom D.[attachment "piano movers.jpg" deleted by Paul T > Williams/Music/UNL/UNEBR] > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100622/77a4ee3f/attachment-0001.htm>
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