Baldwin SD-10 weight

[Ron & Lorene Shiflet]

yea, I agree.  I really should have went to law school.

Ron


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@luther.edu>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 5:28 AM
Subject: RE: Baldwin SD-10 weight


> At 06:52 6/23/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>We had a similar leg breaking incident here with a "B" and a threshold. 
>>It was a piano that normally didn't move anywhere.  If you like, I can get 
>>you the name of the young man who was moving the instrument and was but 2" 
>>from having his foot amputated.  He can give a dramatically told story of 
>>his feelings when that hit the floor.  That kind of money saving is what 
>>has made our legal profession as lucrative as it is.
>>
>>dp
>>
>>David M. Porritt
>><mailto:dporritt@smu.edu>dporritt@smu.edu
>
>
> Absatively posalutely!  Then there are the ones who did the folding back 
> leg trick to a Baldwin R (5'8").  Three days later(after the weekend) the 
> tech crew (good friends) in that building phoned and said I should come 
> and take a look at the piano.
>
> Found piano with that end of piano sitting on a chair, leg tucked under 
> carcase and music from the "activity" still on the music rack - bench in 
> corner of room.  I suppose it was easier to play standing up with the 
> keyboard at that angle.
>
> Oh! Did I mention the "do not move" sign found on the floor of the room 
> the piano _had_ been in? Temporary illiteracy strikes again.
>
> Grrrr
>
>
>
>
> Conrad Hoffsommer
> It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object realize that you are in a 
> hurry.
>
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