<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I spent almost six months lying on = my left side during a pregnancy and watched "some" TV.   I wrote and = offered my services as a consultant to HGTV (Home and Garden) after watching a = number of shows where pianos were put right next to radiators, etc.  Never = heard from them either.......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Actually, I've helped rearranged a = number professor's studios (and private clients living rooms).  While at = IWU, I had physical plant construct a *stylish* insulated barrier, so a piano instructor could have two Bs next to each other without frying the = tail ends of the pianos which were right next to the radiator. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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> Wednesday, January 05, = 2005 3:16 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] = Disassembling an upright was: recycled Lumber</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR>Speaking of, I saw a program on the Discovery Channel a = few weeks back where they disassembled what appeared to be a NEW (high polish = ebony) vertical piano in order to convert it into some kind of wet bar. I = watched in horror as these improvement "EXPERTS" took the bolts out of the plate = without letting down the tension. They weren't even wearing safety glasses. = You can just imagine their conversations:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Snip</FONT><BR><BR>I wrote the show, = but haven't heard back from them.<BR><BR>And why they didn't use an old upright = with one of those beautiful cabinets which would have otherwise been bound for = a junk yard is still baffling me.<BR><BR>Jeff<BR>Jeff Tanner, RPT<BR>School = Of Music<BR>University of South Carolina</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>