<!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 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial>After having numerous = close calls with heavy tools and 60-lb hunks of hard maple falling to the floor and = narrowly missing my toes over the years, I finally broke down and bought my self = a pair of steel-toe shop shoes. They are Red Wings. Very high quality shoes. I = used to wear steel-toe Red Wing boots in my former life climbing trees and as a geologist drilling holes in the planet. Their durability and comfort = were excellent. The pair I purchased for piano shop work are relatively = light weight and look like a tennis shoe (or "sneaker"). They are as = comfortable as any shoe I have ever had. I have little doubt these will provide good = service for many, many years.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Most of us that tune pianos recognize the value = of hearing protection. Many of us that restring pianos recognize the value of = eye protection. To those of us who are shop rats, I suggest there is great = value in foot protection.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Check it out:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><A = href="http://www.redwingshoes.com/shoe-zoom.cfm?style=6650"><FONT face=Arial>http://www.redwingshoes.com/shoe-zoom.cfm?style=6650</FONT= ></A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Dave Davis" <</FONT><A href="mailto:davistunes@yahoo.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>davistunes@yahoo.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Pianotech" <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 3:08 AM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: Toes of Steel (Modified by = Kent Swafford)</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT = face=Arial size=2>> Nice job, Bill.  <BR>> <BR>> Dave Davis<BR>> = <BR>> --- Bill Ballard <</FONT><A = href="mailto:yardbird@vermontel.net"><FONT face=Arial size=2>yardbird@vermontel.net</FONT></A><FONT = face=Arial size=2>> wrote:<BR>> > At 9:02 AM +0100 1/12/04, Richard Brekne = wrote:<BR>> > >Bill.. Not meaning to put down the obvious<BR>> > creativity = here... but dont they<BR>> > >sell casters mounted on steel runners = that dont<BR>> > raise the piano up more then a<BR>> > >mm or = two over there ?<BR>> > <BR>> > Sure they do, and the piano could = have been set unto<BR>> > any of them. But <BR>> > the challenge is in = tying the piano down to these<BR>> > trucks and dollies. <BR>> > = With a (approx.) 14" depth, the piano is very tippy,<BR>> > whether it's = <BR>> > sitting on the floor on on these frames. The<BR>> > strongest = part of the <BR>> > piano to tie to is the side panels, being nice<BR>> = > large, rigid <BR>> > rectangles. The bottom edge of the soundboard = liner<BR>> > is pretty flimsy. <BR>> > As far as the = backposts, it would have to be the<BR>> > corner ones. That's <BR>> > = still only tying in at the back. In the front,<BR>> > things again are very = <BR>> > flimsy.<BR>> > <BR>> > Looking at the Jansen = catalog<BR>> > (http:/www.pljansen.com), it's <BR>> > difficult to say how = any of these would have worked,<BR>> > and what the <BR>> > = necessary modifications would have been without<BR>> > actually having them = <BR>> > on hand and being prepared to shipped them back if<BR>> > = they were <BR>> > unworkable. None of them want to tie into the = sides.<BR>> > Remember, this <BR>> > is a piano which was never designed for toe = blocks<BR>> > and was meant to <BR>> > be dragged into place = by the wall of the living room<BR>> > and never moved <BR>> > again.<BR>> > <BR>> > >Seems like a lot of work to go to = to construct your<BR>> > own design for one piano.<BR>> > = <BR>> > This is was the piano which they were donated<BR>> > whether or = not it was <BR>> > up to "school-board code". With a slim budget all<BR>> = > around and the low <BR>> > cost of materials and the donated labor = (3 hours of<BR>> > my labor and I <BR>> > don't know the other = guy's time  for torch-cutting<BR>> > and arc-welding), <BR>> = > it was the "appropriate technology". Call it cussed<BR>> > Yankee = <BR>> > individualism. <g><BR>> > <BR>> > Bill Ballard = RPT<BR>> > NH Chapter, P.T.G.<BR>> > <BR>> > "No, Please wait, = you're all individuals" Brain<BR>> > Cohen, exasperated<BR>> > "Yes, = we're all individuals"  the throng assembled<BR>> > in the street          <BR>> >           &nb= sp;      below his window, in unison<BR>> > "I'm not..."  Lone dissenter.<BR>> >      ...........Monty = Python's "Life of Brian"<BR>> > +++++++++++++++++++++<BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > pianotech = list info:<BR>> </FONT><A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"><FONT = face=Arial size=2>https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</FONT></A><BR><FON= T face=Arial size=2>> <BR>> <BR>> __________________________________<BR>> Do you Yahoo!?<BR>> Yahoo! = Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes<BR>> </FONT><A href="http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus"><FONT = face=Arial size=2>http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus</FONT></A><BR>= <FONT face=Arial size=2>> = _______________________________________________<BR>> pianotech list info: </FONT><A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"><FONT = face=Arial size=2>https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</FONT></A><BR><FON= T face=Arial size=2>> </FONT></BODY></HTML>