Barbara, I realized that my install description may have implied that I drilled a large hole in the beams to accommodate the receptacle. Not the case. Make a separate mounting block for the receptacle then screw the mounting block to the piano in such a fashion to allow the stage hands to easily reach up an plug in an extension cord. Roger Gable ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Richmond To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] To unplug or not to unplug Well, isn't that cute? Hmm, I'll think about it. Thanks, Roger, for the suggestion and thanks to all of you that have have posted to the thread. Barbara Richmond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger at Integra.net" <rgable at integra.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 10:39:45 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] To unplug or not to unplug Barbara, I had the same situation with a Steinway "D" for a concert hall. The problem with the plug-unplug system is that the stage hands don't always tuck the cord up out of sight which leaves an unsightly cord for God and everybody to see during performance. I remember a few years ago attending a solo piano concert with the DC system cord hanging down from the piano and a person sitting next to me made mention how distracting is was during the concert. I might recommend this solution. Install a recessed male receptacle out of sight between the beams. This install also enables an easy connect/disconnect of the system using a conventional extension cord. The stage hands loved it and they were more apt to reinstall the power after the concert. Roger Gable P.S. A recessed male receptacle can be view in the Grainger catalogue. Part # 3D189 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110124/fc81e901/attachment.htm>
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