There's more than one way to move a piano

[Michael Magness]

What's the name of that bunch Gene? Heads Up Piano Movers? Sorry I just
couldn't help it!

Mike

Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
608-786-4404
www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.ifixpianos.com/>
email mike at ifixpianos.com


On 9/19/07, Gene Nelson <nelsong at pbic.net> wrote:
>
>  Ya really need to use your head when ya move pianos.
> Gene
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Michael Magness <IFixPianos at yahoo.com>
> *To:* Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>  *Sent:* Wednesday, September 19, 2007 3:55 PM
> *Subject:* Re: There's more than one way to move a piano
>
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> On 9/19/07, alan forsyth <alan at forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> >  *
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> > "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
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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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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> >
> > 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 <http://www.ifixpianos.com/>
> email mike at ifixpianos.com
>
>
>


-- 
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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