<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; FONT: 8pt MS Sans Serif; MARGIN-LEFT: = 2px" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=495435222-10072002><FONT size=1>Yes, I heard of = them today from a customer that I moved a Steinway B for.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=495435222-10072002><FONT size=1>He told me of their = notoriety and also said they had since went out of business.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=495435222-10072002><FONT = size=1></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=495435222-10072002><FONT size=1>Shane Owenby</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=495435222-10072002><FONT size=1>Weaverville, NC</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=495435222-10072002><FONT = size=1></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=495435222-10072002><FONT = size=1></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=495435222-10072002><FONT = size=1></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=495435222-10072002></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>philromano@attglobal.net<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 10, 2002 = 6:24 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: One-man = piano move?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has anyone ever heard of the company = "Death Wish Piano Movers" ? (Actual company in Cambridge, MA) !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Romano</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Myrtle Beach, SC</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=MWisner@yamaha.com = href="mailto:MWisner@yamaha.com">Mark Wisner</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> Wednesday, July 10, = 2002 12:38 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> One-man piano = move?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT size=1>In the book <FONT size=+0><STRONG>The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by T E = Carhart,</STRONG> the author d</FONT>escribes a "baby" grand being moved up a = flight of stairs and into his Paris apartment by a piano mover who = strapped the piano across his back, with the curve resting on his = shoulder.  I'd have dismissed this passage as the meanderings of a clouded and uninformed mind if the author wasn't so accurate in virtually every = other technical aspect of the piano.  Has anyone ever heard of such a = thing? </FONT> <P> </P> <P>Mark Wisner<BR>Yamaha Corporation<BR><A = href="mailto:mwisner@yamaha.com">mwisner@yamaha.com</A></P></BLOCKQUOTE= ></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>