Danger: customer moving piano

[Farrell]

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You bet Jon! I have done some of the same things. I have been saving the =
balance rail from an old Betsy Ross spinet - I knew it would come in =
handy for something. Now I know what! "The balance rail is good to affix =
to the wall for a tool rack." I'll install mine soon! Thanks for the =
suggestion!

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Jon Page=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 8:32 AM
  Subject: Re: Danger: customer moving piano


  I had someone rent a studio upright which I had for sale. They wanted =
to save money
  and move it themselves. Same thing  :-)   They said they were awful =
sorry and was
  there anything they could do.  I said, "Yeah, You can buy it".  "That =
thing's not worth
  $800, they said.   I said,  "Yeah, Not now..."

  Cut plugs from the keys for releading and capstan relocation. Remove =
the letoff rail
  and remove all the letoff screws, drill out the holes a little larger; =
now you have a great
  grand damper holder.

  The balance rail is good to affix to the wall for a tool rack.  The =
keybed is a good work surface
  for grand action work on top of a piano (padded piano) .  The lid is a =
shelf, so could be the lower
  panel but it is a good work surface to hold a set of keys.  The music =
rest rail is good for holding
  hammers, wippens.

  All sorts of good items in there.

  Jon Page

  At 12:45 PM 05/01/2001 +0200, you wrote:

    Hi, I went to see a "customer" today, the call was that the piano =
got
    damaged in a move. Well, I got there and in his garage was the =
(vertical)
    piano, in the back of his truck - IN PIECES.
    He has secured it with nylon rope, he came around a corner and the =
"ropes"
    gave way and it fell out of the back of the truck (pick-up type) =
slowed down
    by the rope it landed on its top. The sides and pedal board came =
away as one
    U shaped piece and other bits fell off at same time of impact.
    Unfortuanately the plate is cracked otherwise I might have given him =
a
    serious quote, I was really trying to refrain from busrting out in =
laughter
    as he told me the story.
    So, as it is already "packed" in his truck he will bring it around =
tomorrow
    and I guess I'll have a few more spare action parts. I think I'll =
attempt
    making one of those computer cabinets with it, as shown in last =
May's
    Journal.
    Ho humm....... :)
    Brian Lawson, RPT

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