<WBR>David<br> <br> If the nuts into which the bolts are attached are ripped out of the piece of wood that is part of the rear leg assembly, you should contact Petrof to see if they can make another one. I don't think this is the type of repair that you would want to "glue". Unfortunately, this little "mistake" is going to cost the Community Center some big bucks. <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> 808-349-2943<br> www.bleespiano.com<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: David Trasoff <david@davidtrasoff.com><br> To: pianotech@ptg.org<br> Sent: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 6:58 pm<br> Subject: "Downer" piano<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_71d3b830-34a4-4877-a71f-38e1a382dec6>It was a classic scene I walked into--A community center where the stage area was part of a larger floor space. I came in as a musician playing (not piano) as part of a dance accompaniment ensemble, and there it was, a 6' Petrof that the house staff had tried to move off the stage area into another room by just shoving and rolling it from the front, which was fine until they came to the transition from the bare floor to a carpeted area bordered with a raised edge and, yes, they had snapped off the rear leg and the piano was down at the back end. I wish I had had my camera, or could at least get my cell phone camera to work. <div><br> </div> <div>I left a card, so it's possible I may get called. My question is this: I looked at the amputated rear leg, and it looks like the large lag screws it was attached with had just been ripped out of their holes. How would one fill or otherwise reconstruct those holes in the back of the case so that the screws would have something to be screwed into? Also, what other damage might you typically look for after a piano takes a fall like that? The leg itself looked completely intact. I didn't check anything further under the piano at the time.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Thanks!</div> <div>David</div> <br> <div><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">---</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">David Trasoff</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">Professional Piano Service</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">4130 Verdugo View Drive</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">Los Angeles, CA 90065</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">Tel: 323-255-7783</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px">Fax: 323-313-1519</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0px"><A href="mailto:david@professionalpianoservice.com">david@professionalpianoservice.com</A></div> <div><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></div> <div><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></div> <BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></div> <br> = </div> <div id='u8CAC4D82D6A5695-4E8-335C' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">It's time to go back to school! Get the latest trends and gadgets that make the grade on <A title="http://shopping.aol.com/back-to-school?ncid=aolins00050000000007" href="http://shopping.aol.com/back-to-school?ncid=aolins00050000000007" target="_blank">AOL Shopping</A>.</FONT> </div>