Tilting Tunemakers

[gordon stelter]

Perhaps. But I still consider it a good idea. There's
nothing quite like having a 500 pound piano scoot out
and off the tilter as the  casters contact the floor,
and then crash onto its back with a BAM! to make you
feel like a knucklehead! ( Not that it's happened to
ME, of course !!! )
     Thump


--- Avery Todd <avery@ev1.net> wrote:
> At 08:14 PM 3/25/04, you wrote:
> >Always strap a  piano to a tilter before tilting.
> >Either around the whole body, or fed through the
> >backposts.
> 
> Not necessary IF you do it right and have the right
> tilter!
> 
> Avery
> 
> >     Peace,
> >      Thump
> >
> >--- Steve Grattan <lostchordclinic@ameritech.net>
> >wrote:
> > > MessageHi Alan,
> > >
> > > Yes you can tip them.  It is very important to
> have
> > > adequate help as they can be much heavier and
> more
> > > top heavy than an upright.  I tip them all the
> time
> > > during rebuilding.
> > >
> > > Steve Grattan
> > > Lost Chord Clinic
> > >
> > >
> > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > >   From: Alan
> > >   To: Pianotech
> > >   Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:35 PM
> > >   Subject: Tilting Tunemakers
> > >
> > >
> > >   Got a working player piano that really needs
> some
> > > CA on the pins. Can you tilt these puppies w/o
> > > removing or damaging the player guts?
> > >
> > >   Also, I know of one, possibly two, jobs for a
> good
> > > player tech. Anyone in or around central
> Missouri?
> > >
> > >   Alan R. Barnard
> > >   Salem, MO
> > >
> > >
> > >
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