Piano fender-benders

[Farrell]

On one of the Carnival cruise ships, we had a Yamaha C3 roll off the stage 
and crash. I guess some big rogue wave hit the ship and it listed a bit, the 
Yamy rolled off the stage, hit on the front corner of the flat side sideways 
and ended up up-side-down taking a few bolted-to-the-floor tables and 
couches with it.

Too bad the piano wasn't bolted to the floor!

I saw (and fixed) the damage, but did not see it in it's final aftermath 
position. I was amazed at now little damage was done. We replaced the music 
desk and had to repair the pedal box on the lyre. Other than that, there are 
a couple bangs on the corner of the case that remain - but not big enough to 
be noticed from the front row of the audience.

So, at least on a carpeted floor, a Yamy C-series grand can be thrown and 
rolled pretty hard with relatively little damage.

Terry Farrell