It's too heavy to float. I tried lifting the bass end and couldn't budge it. Not to sure about this. The way I understand it, it has to do with the amount of buoyancy vs, the weight of non-buoyant material. Unless the plate is extra heavy, if most of the weight is in the wood, it could still float. I think I read that someone did try to float an upright piano once, and it worked. If not, can't you put a of balloons inside the thing? Wim -----Original Message----- From: Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 2:52 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] OT: Behr Bros. upright I'll take it. With you being close to the ocean, can you just drag it down to the beach, put a 25 hp motor on it, and "drive" it here? I'll even pay the lock fee in Panama. It's too heavy to float. I tried lifting the bass end and couldn't budge it. It reminded me of a Bush & Lane Player. Some of these old beasts are worth saving but this one is a bigger project than I want to tackle. This past winter I resurrected a Bjur upright... phenomenal. -- Regards, Jon Page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100526/97a68155/attachment.htm>
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