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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, I can picture your head hitting =
the
ceiling. I may not have clearly described in my other post the =
procedure
that Bill Spurlock demonstrated. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The problem is that you had your hands =
on the
handles. Before the piano casters touched the floor you =
should have
put your right hand on the top of the piano and kept your left hand on =
the
tilter and kept a firm backward pressure to keep the toes of the tilter =
digging
into the bottom board. Then push the piano =
forward while
keeping the tilter firmly pushed backward. This will keep the toes =
of the
tilter in contact with the piano preventing it from rolling =
forward. The
same is true in reverse. Your piano may have slide down in the =
process of
tilting. As I said the instinct is to push the tilter to the =
upright
position, but that is what permits the piano to roll out from =
under.
Only by pulling back on the tilter can you prevent
that. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer Assoc. PTG<BR>Santa =
Clara,
California<BR><A =
href="mailto:cmpiano@home.com">cmpiano@home.com</A>
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<DIV>---- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rbeaton@initco.net href="mailto:rbeaton@initco.net">Dick =
Beaton</A>
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<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> Monday, October 22, 2001 =
3:03
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Tilter =
scooters</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all.....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>YES I did have one scoot out on =
me. It slid
down the rails of the tilter...I held onto the handles. When the =
top of
the piano hit the feet of the tilter I felt like I was going to hit =
the
ceiling!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I had just installed a new set of casters on =
the old
upright. I figured out that what happened was the new casters =
hit the
floor and started rolling forward....you can picture the =
rest.</FONT></DIV>
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