<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hmmmm. I'm not sure exactly what you are describing here, & why = it would be different from a carpeted floor, but I always put a big wide = nylon belt around the piano and tilter and ratchet the whole thing together so that = wherever the piano and tilter go......they go as one piece! It only = takes a minute to do and I sleep better at night - and no broken legs.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN = id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=Kdivad@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Kdivad@AOL.COM">Kdivad@AOL.COM</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, October 18, = 2001 11:35 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Running CA</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 10/18/2001 10:07:12 AM Central Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Yes, and perhaps you will find yourself "praying" that = two people other than <BR>yourself will be lifting it back up! = Especially the old uprights, they can <BR>sure get pretty heavy - a good tilter = really pays its way here! <BR><BR>Terry Farrell = <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Terry and list, just a warning here, tilters are advertised suggesting one = person can safely tilt an upright.  Under most circumstances this is true, = but in the case of hardwood, tile, cement or any other hard slick floors the = piano can run off the tilter and shoot the tilter out from under the piano = at high speed presenting a extremely dangerous situation.  Here in our = shop we have had two broken legs over the years from this very situation. =  We do not allow any of our men to tilt an upright by themselves. =  Please be careful! <BR>David Koelzer <BR>DFW</FONT> = </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>