Oh Nooooooo!!!!

[Carl Meyer]

I hate when that happens!!!!!!!!!

Carl Meyer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Robert Goodale <rrg@nevada.edu>
To: PTG <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 2:58 PM
Subject: Oh Nooooooo!!!!


> I had a major oops today.  Following a panic request by some university
> administrators who were having a ceremony to give each other awards
> again, I was requested to "immediately" move a piano out of a lobby
> area.  It was a P-22 and although I didn't have any help and the moment
> I went ahead to move it myself.  No big deal.  I found a student who
> helped me get the dolly under it.  With the hard part done I proceeded
> to roll it across the campus to the music building.  Now the dolly I use
> is custom made by yours truly.  It has two fixed wheels and to swivel,
> both 6" in diameter.  It has an oak frame and it rolls like a dream.
> Any easier and it would glide up hill.  So no problem, I'm humming along
> the sidewalk when suddenly a group of students come walking across in my
> path, naturally at a corner where I need to go!  And so.... down she
> went onto the concrete with a bang!  A couple students helped me get it
> back up again and back on the dolly.  I continued the rest of the trip
> with no further problems and only walked away with a few good scrapes.
> Unfortunately so did the piano.  It has multiple bashed up corners, a
> damaged fall board, and and a broken key top.  Looks kind of like
> someone tumbled it down a hill.  Well I told the Dept. chair and he
> wasn't too mad about it.  I guess it just looks a little MORE like a
> university piano should now.  All it needs is a few initials carved in
> it and it could qualify as a high school piano.
> 
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Las Vegas, NV
>