[CAUT] "we did something wrong"

Christopher Purdy purdy at ohio.edu
Thu Dec 21 11:59:32 MST 2006


All three legs?!!  Wow, how fast would they have to hit that door jam 
to break all three?  I think we can say that the lyre passed the test 
though!

Chris


On Dec 21, 2006, at 1:33 PM, Willem Blees wrote:

> I'm new to this. Maybe the picture will come through this time
>
> Quoting Willem Blees <wblees at bama.ua.edu>:
>
>> So here I am, sitting in my lazy boy, enjoying a cup of coffee while
>>
>> reading the morning paper, when my cell phone rings. It's one of the
>>
>> cleaning ladies at school. "Wim, this is Sherry, I think we did
>> something wrong. We were trying to move the piano back in the Choral
>>
>> room,and the legs came off". I'll be right there, I said.
>>
>> Sure enough, the 9' Stienway was sitting at an angle supported only
>> be
>> the lyre. They had taken the piano out of the Choral room and put it
>> in
>> the hall way, to wax the floor. They had done this many times. But
>> this
>> time, when they tried to run the truck over the door jam, the jegs
>> just
>> broke off. (see attached picture)
>>
>> I got the university movers (about 10 of them) to come and pick the
>> piano up and sit it on it's side. A nice project to start the new
>> year.
>>
>> Willem Blees, RPT
>> Piano Tuner/Technician
>> School of Music
>> University of Alabama
>> Tuscaloosa, AL USA
>>
>
>
> Willem Blees, RPT
> Piano Tuner/Technician
> School of Music
> University of Alabama
> Tuscaloosa, AL USA
> <CO Piano..jpg>
Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.
School of Music, Ohio University
Rm. 311, Robt. Glidden Hall
Athens, OH  45701
Office (740) 593-1656
Cell    (740) 590-3842
fax      (740) 593-1429
http://www.ohiou.edu/music
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