Earthquake proof, but is it mop-proof?

[bruce greig]

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RE: Earthquake proofHello folks,

  A couple years ago I installed twin piano dollies on a rather nice =
1968 Weber console in a local community center; three months later I was =
called to retune, being forewarned that it might need some extra work =
because the piano had been toppled over as the result of a floor mop =
being caught in the wheels and yanked free with gusto.  Can't remember =
now if it fell forward or backward, but it has not tuned well since...

  A similar incident happened in a nursing home when a resident managed =
somehow to tip over a Melodigrand installed on a full sized "custom =
made" plywood platform!   Fortunately the resident was not injured, nor, =
unfortunately, was the Melodigrand.

  Sounds like there's enough material here for a book!

  Bruce









  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Keith McGavern=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 11:42 AM
  Subject: RE: Earthquake proof


  At 10:29 AM -0500 6/28/03, Alan wrote:
    It would take quite a jolt to upset a piano, methinks, ...


  Alan,


  Having felt the earth move for one solid minute many years ago during =
a major earthquake in Los Angeles, California, I can assure you, jolting =
and upsetting a piano is a very doable event!


  Keith McGavern
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