<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>How about a fitted quilted cover.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>= <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jtanner@mozart.sc.edu = href="mailto:jtanner@mozart.sc.edu">Jeff Tanner</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 06, = 2005 3:39 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Upright = front "guard"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Jim, <DIV>I haven't tried anything myself, but I want to say I've seen a = clear acrylic corner guard on a piano.  Seems like it may be on a = Schimmel studio model I tune here in town that was originally bought in = Europe.  I think she's told me it's a popular model in schools over there.</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Jeff</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Oct 6, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Jim Busby wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: = none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; = LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px = 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: = auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE name="PersonName" = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN = class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">List,</SPAN><O:P style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN = class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN = class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For lack of a better = name (guard), what do you do to protect the fronts of verticals that are = moved around (through doors, etc.) and get scratched at the front of the = keybed, key slip, etc.?</SPAN><O:P style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN = class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN = class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We have put metal = strips, plexiglass, etc. but is there something that would look better? Some = kind of durable acrylic?</SPAN><O:P style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN = class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN = class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We have many pianos = that are moved regularly into closets, that out for Sunday services. Anyone = can move these pianos w/o being “trained” as we train the people with the = S of Music pianos.</SPAN><O:P style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN = class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN = class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks.</SPAN><O:P style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN = class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><ST1:PERSONNAME w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN = class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jim Busby</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></ST1:PERSONNAME><FONT face=Arial = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN = class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> BYU</SPAN><O:P style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></O:SMARTTAGTYPE><BR = class=Apple-interchange-newline></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></B= LOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>