<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16681" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Get two rolls of generic "stretch-wrap" from the grocery store. Keep one in your car, one in your shop.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pull the action and set it across the piano bench. Begin wrapping around one end, sliding or lifting the action as needed to pass the roll of stretch-wrap around and under until you have wrapped all the way from bass to treble. Now the action is protected from rain and snow, and from bobbling hammers that get snapped off on door frames seat belts, and so on. cart or carry it to your vehicle and tuck it in with folded or rolled packing blankets.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also wrap before returning it to the home. The customers will be very happy to see the efforts you take to protect their piano action, which is worth several thousand dollars.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matthew, this was in the Journal about 18 months ago. Join PTG and you'll get a magazine full of stuff like this every month, and get to visit with folks like us face-to-face, and talk about pianos for hours at a time!  Ed</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=toddpianoworks@att.net href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">Matthew Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 17, 2008 3:40 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Transporting a Grand Action</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hello all,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I will be transporting a grand action to my shop for hammer resurfacing and repinning.  What is the normal procedure for carrying the action from the piano in the home, out the door to the car?  Do I just carry it as is, or is there a special and more professional way to handle this.  I'm not anticipating rain, but I guess I should be prepared for that as well.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any suggestions would be appreciated.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>Matthew</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>