At 08:45 AM 2/17/2006 -0700, you wrote: >A client of mine just sent this email to me. Please keep in mind that >we live in the middle of a ski resort. :) > >"First of all, I apologize if there are certain "protocols" that you >take when moving a piano that I may have skipped. Being a "piano >person" this story may make you CRINGE! > >A friend of mine is getting ready to buy the old Rebeccah Lodge in >Dillon. This piano was in the meeting room on the second floor. The >previous owners did not want to move the piano and the new owner did >not want it. So I "volunteered" to take it... The deal was that I had >to move it out of the second floor. > >So earlier today, a friend and I made skis out of 2X4's to slide the >piano down a narrow staircase. We used an ATV winch and a nylon strap >to lower it down 22 stairs. At the bottom we pushed it into my enclosed >trailer and to my home it went! I just got it out of the trailer and it >is sitting in my garage. Tomorrow it will move in to my living room!" > > > >Lori Schneider, Owner >Schneider Piano Service > >(970) 418-0242 >PO Box 5931 >Dillon, CO 80435 >Lori@coloradopianos.com Sounds like they've taken moving lessons from Bob Schoppert... ;-} Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.
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