<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/3/01 10:09:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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<BR>I remember one time several years ago some friends
<BR>(around 400 or 500) and I were coming home from a camp
<BR>at Robber's Cave State Park. Someone was moving the
<BR>piano in the back of a pickup, and apparently they
<BR>didn't secure it enough, cause it came crashing down
<BR>with a bang. The keys wouldn't play, but it turned
<BR>out that they had just come off the pins. It plays
<BR>fine now (and did once they put the keys back). It
<BR>was a Hallet & Davis (probably 1920s I'd guess).
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<BR>One of my first major jobs I performed was a "Humpty Dumpty Piano Fell Of the
<BR>Truck." The last item to move into the house was Kimball upright piano and
<BR>they took a break. While they were in the house they heard a rumble, crash,
<BR>and bang. The piano was in the back of the truck and they did not secure it.
<BR>They only wedged it with the other items. It rolled and gained spead then
<BR>crashed on the pavement. The 2 sides seperated from the frame. Joe Garrett
<BR>and I glued it back together. I then repaired the case damage and refinished
<BR>it. Replaced all of the hammers and dampers as well. It was like new when
<BR>they got it back and a happy client in return.
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<BR>Dave Peake, RPT
<BR>Portland Chapter
<BR>Oregon City, OR
<BR>www.davespianoworks.locality.com
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