Kristinn Leifsson wrote: > Hi y´all > > I´m back from a week of eating and drinking in Mallorca. > I saw the pictures from Arlington and may I say that I liked them, > especially Ron´s style. You mightn´t be related to a skydiver called Mad <snip> > In an issue of the Steinway "Lyra" I saw some brackets that are used to > fasten grands down on cruise liners. Three rods extend from the floor > below the middle of the grand up towards each leg. It was used on a ship > that took some really rough weather, and the grand was one of the few > things that weren´t damaged. > Do pianos in cruise liners normally have that kind of fastenings? > Maybe Rob Goodale (who actually looks a bit like a cross between Frank > Zappa and "Weird" Al Yankovic (not that crossing two males is easy with > traditional methods)) can shed some light on this. :) Hmmm, you got me thinking here. I've been called a lot of things but never Frank Zappa, possibly the strangest human who ever occupied the planet. I have been joked around a bit regarding Weird Al but that's only because I play the accordion. I don't, however, make it a habit to play "Another One Rides the Bus" and "Like a Surgeon". I'll decline comment on the crossing two males part. I went on a week long cruise for my honeymoon and saw I think at least five grands on the ship. They were, of course, anchored down pretty good. From what I could see there were metal sleeves I think about ten inches high in which the legs fit into. No doubt about it these pianos were not going anywhere. I would imagine that getting them in place would require seven or eight people on all sides lifting the piano and then setting it down into the sleeves. As I recall someone on this list tunes some cruise ship pianos. Perhaps they could share whatever theme and variation exists on this. Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV
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