[pianotech] To unplug or not to unplug

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

I cut the power cord short and attached it to a back post. Arranged a loop to act as a strain relief/release for when the piano got moved beyond extension length. (after one poor humidistat got turned inside out)  Got a number of extension cords to use as replacements for bare wires caused by repeated runovers.  One piano prof made a little bag which could hold the extension cord and hung it by a cord  from a lid hinge. (up out of audience line-o-sight)

I laminated a sign with a message to plug the piano in and attached it to the cover.  

It worked if;
a. the people can and do read (professors seemed to have a problem with this one)
b. they put the cover back on. (provided they didn't put the cover on inside-out.)

YMMV
Conrad Hoffsommer




> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:56:55 -0600
> From: mike.spalding1 at frontier.com
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] To unplug or not to unplug
> 
> Barb,
> 
> No problem for the 2 or 3 hours of rehearsal.  It's the "plug it back 
> in" part that will be critical.  If they can remember to do that they'll 
> be fine.
> 
> Mike
> 
> PS  Help them avoid ripping the cord off the DC.   Coil the cord and 
> clip it to the beams/rim such that only a couple feet hang down, not 
> enough to reach the floor and get caught under the stage truck wheels.  
> Maybe the extension cord hanging out of the wall outlet will remind them 
> to plug it back in??
> 
> On 1/23/2011 10:28 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote:
> > Hi List,
> >
> > I will be installing a full DC system with undercover on a Yamaha C-6 
> > that lives in a large parish hall. The piano is stored on near the 
> > wall on one side of the room.  Every week it is rolled out mid-room 
> > for a chorus rehearsal.  It seems like it would be OK to unplug the 
> > system, move the piano and use it for rehearsal, and then roll it back 
> > and plug it back in. Or, I thought about using some sort of 
> > retractable extension cord, but am concerned about how well that would 
> > really work--then there is the concern about the chorus members 
> > tripping over the cord.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Barbara Richmond, RPT
> > near Peoria, Illinois
> 
 		 	   		  
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