Back in my Army days (just retired from the U.S. Army Field Band), we used rubber “bridges” with channels for cords and cables. Everything was safe. I've seen them in Home Depot and the like, but you can find them in pro audio shops such as Guitar Center. Raymond Irving On Nov 5, 2008, at 5:31 PM, Dean May wrote: > > To work around your school's policy against splices, get a new cord > plug at your favorite home improvement center, cut the cord near the > humidistat, install new end, and plug in an extension cord. > > But for a stage piano I would recommend setting up the piano with a > retractable cord. Get an inexpensive retractable work light, 2 male > cord ends and one female end. Install one of the new male ends near > the humidistat as per above. Cut off the male plug on the work light > and install the female end. Cut off the work light and install the > male end. Mount the cord reel up underneath the belly close enough > that you can plug the humidistat into the female end. Now when the > piano is moved you can safely retract the cord to get it out of the > way. > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081105/fba14bb1/attachment.html
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