There's more than one way to move a piano

[Michael Magness]

On 9/19/07, alan forsyth <alan at forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> Well no wonder; you're supposed to use an A forklift to raise a piano!
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> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Michelle Smith <michelle at smithpianoservice.com>
> *To:* 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:17 PM
> *Subject:* There's more than one way to move a piano
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> Hi all.  I hope you enjoy the pictures.  This was a new customer I visited
> today.  As you can tell, we Texans use our tractors for everything.
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> By the way, the piano was REALLY out of tune!  =)
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> Michelle Smith
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> Smith Piano Service
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> Bastrop, Texas
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> Hi Michelle,
I'm in farm country and am very familiar with tractors, end loaders, bobcats
and sundry other pieces of machinery being used to move pianos. The one that
sticks in my mind though was the upright I was almost finished doing a 1/2
tone pitch raise on when the husband came in from the barn for his morning
break. He asked if it was going to be OK then, I said yes it seemed to be
tuning up just fine. He said they had been worried when it rolled out of the
pickup coming up the rise in the road(paved)and rolled over on it's top. I
told him I had looked it over before starting and saw no structural
problems. He said it was hard to reload it being wet and all, right after it
fell out there was a 20 minute coudburst!
If I'd known it I wouldn't have touched it but it tuned up fine I tune it
about twice a year and it's doing OK!

Mike
-- 
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as a continuous learning experience.
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Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
608-786-4404
www.IFixPianos.com
email mike at ifixpianos.com
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