<br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 3:30 PM, John Formsma <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">formsma@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Dude! So glad no one got hurt. <div><br></div> <div>I never check for screws in the legs. Always have assumed people with at least half a brain are moving pianos. Guess that's no longer a good assumption. That could make a very flat a** out of you and me. :-)<br> <div><br></div> <div>-- </div> <div> <div>John Formsma, RPT<br></div> <div>Blue Mountain, MS</div> <div> <div></div> <div class="h5"> <div><br></div><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Noah Frere <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:noahfrere@gmail.com" target="_blank">noahfrere@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Yes, this happened...<br>In slow motion the piano toppled like the tree that it once was, and I have a vague mempry of "No no no no no..." coming from me...<br> It all turned out well though. The corner was barely scuffed! <br>Beats me how there were NO SCREWS in the leg. Brother. <br>Oh - plus there is wax in the action...<br>Fun appointment! <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"> <div><br></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div> <div><br><br clear="all">I have no pics, last Friday we brought a 6'2" Apollo into the shop for action work prior to sale, we were setting it up on it's 2 legs when the nose leg dowel snapped and the bolts pulled out of the keybed at the right corner collapsing it to the floor!</div> <div>A previous person had scabbed in a piece of 1/2" plywood with construction adhesive where the bolts attach & used 3/8"lag bolts that didn't reach beyond it!</div> <div>The piano landed on the leg, saving the trapwork. The dowel that snapped in the nose leg was pine! I replaced it with a turned down(on a lathe) shovel handle of hickory or ash!</div> <div>I copied the scabbed in pieces(there was another on the opposite side for the other leg to screw into)from an old pinblock, resawed it to fit on the bandsaw & glued 7 screwed it in place, the piano is now standing place!</div> <div>Oh, I also replaced the legbolts with longer 1/2" bolts.</div> <div> </div> <div>Mike<br>-- <br> <br><span>I think we are a product of all our experiences.</span> <br><span><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/sanfordiw283095.html" target="_blank">Sanford I. Weill</a></span> <br> <br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.ifixpianos.com/" target="_blank">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com" target="_blank">mike@ifixpianos.com</a><br> </div>