Haven't you ever been told you're not supposed to tilt pianos on their lyres? This very nearly happened to me one time. The customer had been complaining about her piano not being stable following their recent move. When I arrived to tune it she asked if I would help her husband turn it a bit and when we did we discovered the two machine screws that should have been holding the bass leg solid had not been installed. The leg was positioned by two dowels and that was all that was holding it in place. Apparently the movers were in a hurry.. ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA Phone 360.515.0119 - Cell 360.388.6525 del at fandrichpiano.com <mailto:del at fandrichpiano.com> - ddfandrich at gmail.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Noah Frere Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:15 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Fallen Piano Yes, this happened... In slow motion the piano toppled like the tree that it once was, and I have a vague mempry of "No no no no no..." coming from me... It all turned out well though. The corner was barely scuffed! Beats me how there were NO SCREWS in the leg. Brother. Oh - plus there is wax in the action... Fun appointment! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110924/3e52e8b0/attachment.htm>
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