<!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 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT face=Tahoma>Thanks Terry, </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT face=Tahoma>I had been = dreaming of something like that for a long time.  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT face=Tahoma>One day the = movers came and delivered a customer's piano for me to rebuild.  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT face=Tahoma>I asked them = to put it on my old shop dolly .  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT face=Tahoma>They were = going to pick up the piano, and flip it down horizontally in their = hands!!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT face=Tahoma>The guy says = to me.. ." ok, when it comes over, you catch it, ok? = "</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT face=Tahoma>I freaked. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT face=Tahoma>Said, no = thanks, just leave it on it's side!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT face=Tahoma>That was last = December, and I decided I had to have a safer way to do it. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT face=Tahoma>I have a = really small shop, with 10 grands on wheeled skid boards.   = </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT = face=Tahoma></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT face=Tahoma>Being able to = tilt a grand easily has made has given me a little more flexibility and peace of = mind.  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT face=Tahoma>If you ever = want my notes, I'd be happy to share, although they are somewhat fragmented. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT face=Tahoma> It's = always an adventure to design and build something like this.  = </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT face=Tahoma>No matter how = much you plan, the prototype teaches you things you couldn't quite picture in the = design phase.  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT = face=Tahoma></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=843465304-25062005><FONT = face=Tahoma> </FONT></SPAN>Best regards, <BR>Brad Smith<BR>www.smithpiano.com <BR>  </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Farrell [mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 23, = 2005 12:03 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: grand transporter<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Awesome dude! Thanks for sharing the pictures. Great idea. I'm = going to have to give this a little thought!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><SPAN class=390174714-23062005><FONT face=Tahoma>You could = build you one like mine.   </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390174714-23062005><FONT face=Tahoma>It not = only transports, but tilts the piano over onto it's side very = safely.  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390174714-23062005><FONT face=Tahoma><A = href="http://www.smithpiano.com/ptg.htm">http://www.smithpiano.com/ptg.= htm</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390174714-23062005></SPAN><SPAN class=390174714-23062005></SPAN><SPAN = class=390174714-23062005></SPAN><SPAN class=390174714-23062005></SPAN><SPAN = class=390174714-23062005><FONT face=Tahoma></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=390174714-23062005><FONT face=Tahoma></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV>Brad Smith, RPT <BR><SPAN = class=390174714-23062005> </SPAN><A = href="http://www.smithpiano.com">www.smithpiano.com</A> <BR> = </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>