cracks in rim

[Joe And Penny Goss]

More than it does to screw in a light bulb lol
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Richmond" <piano57 at insightbb.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: cracks in rim


> Conrad, Dean,
>
> Either way, how many people does it take?
>
> Barbara
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 8:36 AM
> Subject: Re: cracks in rim
>
>
> >
> >
> > Barbara Richmond wrote:
> >> Hi Greg,
> >>  No need to apologize.  I've been part of a grand moving team--no, not
> >> just to place the dolly--but, shucks, I must admit, I <am> pretty good
at
> >> that!  :-)  I can do the pull down, but don't have much to offer on the
> >> lifting end.  It's hard for me to visualize how one inverts the piano.
> >> What do you do? Barbara Richmond
> >>
> >
> > Pretend you're putting it down on a skid and just keep going.
> > ;-}
> >
> > Adequately blanketed, etc.,  you could take it from the skid position on
> > it's side to inverted by using a tilter.
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician
> > Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
> > 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
> >
>
> You take the action out, lid off and lid hinges off the rim. Stand it up
on
> the side as normal, then tip it on over. Make sure you have appropriate
> padding in place for where it comes down.
>
>
>
> First time I saw such cracks I realized that they make them with that way,
> with the outer rim assembled at the end. That means the inner rim must be
> designed to handle all the stress by itself with the outer rim serving
> primarily a cosmetic function.
>
>
>
> Dean
>
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>
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>
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