Piano fender-benders, was Re: Wheels

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Where's the pictures? I gotta see that!!!
Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner.




> Oh My Gosh!  This brings me flashbacks to my CAU Tech days!  Besides being
> "Supervisor of Keyboard Services," I had the extra duty of hiring and
> supervising a staff of student stage managers, for the primary recital
> hall.
>
> In my case, a stage manager was moving a concert grand from a position at
> the front of the stage where it was located for a piano concerto set up.
> The treble castor of the piano truck went off the edge of the stage.  As
> the piano slid along the treble arm of the truck, it rotated to bring the
> keyboard parallel to the front row of seats in the auditorium.  By the
> time the treble leg could reach the floor below, the piano was tilting so
> much that it flipped upside-down.  Before the front edge of the lid could
> come to rest on the floor, the keyboard engaged the first row of seats,
> with three of the arm rests crushing groups of 3-4 keys into the action
> cavity.  The piano truck was ejected to the far end of the floor below the
> stage, while the piano was suspended upside-down, the keybed hanging on
> the front row of arm rests, and the rear portion of the lid hanging on the
> front edge of the stage.  The supreme irony was that the person who would
> be responsible for repairing the da!
>  mage (myself) was also the offending stage manager's boss!   The errant
> stage manager was reassigned to the piano shop, for first-hand experience
> dealing with the consequences of his carelessness.
>
> Frank Emerson
> piano guru at earthlink.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew and Rebecca Anderson
> To: Piano tech List
> Sent: 2/20/2007 8:26:16 AM
> Subject: Re: Wheels
>
>
> Yes Indeed,
> Tongue was thoroughly ensconced in cheek. ;-)
>
> Andrew Anderson
>
> At 01:51 AM 2/20/2007, you wrote:
>
> On Fe 19, 2007, at 22:47, Andrew Anderson wrote:
>
>
> One of my clients, Dr. Mary Grace Carroll did a recital in Corpus Christie
> on the fine D there.  After the concert the manger was wheeling the piano
> across the stage and it got away from him and went down the stairs.  Broke
> a couple of legs.  So much for easy rolling trucks!
>
> Andrew Anderson
>
> The Concert Grand he was moving got away from HIM??  Hardly the fault of a
> caster - it was only doing its job.  As opposed to the manager, who should
> have at least one helper when moving anything weighing 1000 lbs.   I think
> due diligence went out the window on this one.
>
> Urgent Goring
> Piano Forte Supply
> (250) 754-2440
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