<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Rick</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Having learned this scary lesson from the first = piano that I had scampering accross a customers floor in to her sofa,  you could = fold a moving blankets and have it on the floor when the piano 'lands'.  = It will NOT roll, and the blanket will protect the floor from any possible harm = . . .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Just a thought for your consideration</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><BR>Jim Kinnear<BR>"A man is about as big as the = things that make him angry." -- Winston Churchill</FONT></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=richard.ucci@att.net href="mailto:richard.ucci@att.net">richard.ucci@att.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=dave@davispiano.com href="mailto:dave@davispiano.com">dave@davispiano.com</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 14, 2005 = 8:37 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: tilter</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV>Thanks Dave, I was thinking about using long plastic = tiewraps.<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px = solid">-------------- Original message from Dave Davis <<A href="mailto:dave@davispiano.com">dave@davispiano.com</A>>: -------------- <BR><BR> <DIV>Hi Rick,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A console is a nice size to start with. The trick is to keep the back casters from rolling away from the tilter both as = the piano leaves the floor and as it touches down again. For a little = insurance you can buy one of those $5 ratchet straps from the hardware store, = run it around a couple of back posts and secure the tilter to the = piano.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think the April 2005 Journal, page 17 has some pics.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Have fun,</DIV> <DIV>Dave Davis, RPT<BR><BR><B><I>richard.ucci@att.net</I></B> = wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff = 2px solid"> <DIV>Hi list,</DIV> <DIV align=left>Just got a piano tilter from Schaff . Anyone = have any <EM>tips ?  </EM>I'm ca glueing a small 50's = console's pinblock tomorrow .</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV align=left>Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano</DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>