There's more than one way to move a piano

[Gene Nelson]

Ya really need to use your head when ya move pianos.
Gene
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Magness 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 3:55 PM
  Subject: Re: There's more than one way to move a piano





  On 9/19/07, alan forsyth <alan at forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: 
    "By the way, the piano was REALLY out of tune!  =)"



    Well no wonder; you're supposed to use an A forklift to raise a piano!



    AF



      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Michelle Smith 
      To: 'Pianotech List' 
      Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:17 PM
      Subject: There's more than one way to move a piano

       
      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.  



      By the way, the piano was REALLY out of tune!  =)



      Have a great day.



      Michelle Smith

      Smith Piano Service

      Bastrop , Texas

  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
  -- 
  Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience. 
  - Denis Waitley


  Michael Magness
  Magness Piano Service
  608-786-4404
  www.IFixPianos.com
  email mike at ifixpianos.com 
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