Sorry, Fred. The only thing I can't get here is the concert grands! That's the "loaner" grand here getting a rehab with my MUS 361 student this semester.  The 1965 Yamaha U-1 will be for sale soon.  Want it? Also, check out the strange looking thing strapped onto one of the moving boards with the burgandy (spell) padding.  It's to help move the Yamaha Avant Grand....I call it the Avant "wedgie"  lol!  Works great BTW.  The first time we move this little 4' digital, it almost tipped over forward over a bump!  Too short to get 2 straps on it, so I "invented" this! Best, Paul <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td>From: <td>Fred Sturm <fssturm@unm.edu> <tr valign=top> <td>To: <td>caut@ptg.org <tr valign=top> <td>Date: <td>03/04/2011 01:37 PM <tr valign=top> <td>Subject: <td>Re: [CAUT] Fwd:  Steinway sound-Hammer weights: tiny bit OT</table> <hr noshade> On Mar 4, 2011, at 10:40 AM, Paul T Williams wrote: now have a "loaner" grand.  If I need to rebuild a piano during the academic year, I can do so except for concert instruments and piano faculty B's.   Yes, having a loaner or floater grand is great. I have had one now for a few years. My problem is that I have little shop space, not enough for a grand. I have gradually taken over more real estate (moved from an initial upright practice room to a larger one, to a former office/storage/multipurpose room with actual double doors this last fall), so we continue to progress. But like you, the concert and piano faculty pianos can only be done over the summer, so it is a tight time frame. Regards, Fred Sturm <a href=mailto:fssturm@unm.edu>fssturm@unm.edu</a> <a href=http://www.createculture.org/profile/FredSturm>http://www.createculture.org/profile/FredSturm</a>