---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 12:18 PM 10/18/2001 -0400, you wrote: >>Securing the tilter to the piano will prevent it from sliding away when >>the rear casters >>come in contact with the floor upon righting. Prior to tilting, strap the >>tilter tightly to the beams. >> >>Accompanying each new tilter is a clamp for this purpose (or there used >>to be). Generally, >>people do not see the need and discarded them or stick them away and >>forgot about them. >>I still have mine but prefer to strap if there is a danger of the casters >>rolling. >> >>Regards, >> >>Jon Page, piano technician >>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. >><mailto:jonpage2001@mediaone.net>mailto:jonpage2001@mediaone.net >>http://www.stanwoodpiano.com/ >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >Great point Jon, but let me say that both times our people got hurt they >had used the included clamp, perhaps not correctly. There is a great deal >of force and leverage at work here when tilting a piano a great deal of >care must be taken. >David Koelzer >DFW Maybe that's why no one uses the clamps because they don't work ! Sounds like what you need is a good strapping. :-) Jon ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f7/0c/27/48/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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