<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> What would concern me is that the piano could move away from the wall, in which case there would be some danger of tipping backwards. So cabling it to the wall would give people a feeling of security.<br> <br> Earthquakes can produce different kinds of motion and, therefore, it's difficult to predict what will happen. In out last big one, all three leg plates of a Steinway grand broke and it crashed to the floor. Another grand had completely turned over on its lid. I don't remember that any uprights fell, though.<br> <br> Tom Cole<br> Santa Cruz, CA<br> Home of the 7.1 Loma Prieta quake, 5:04 pm, 10/17/89<br> <br> Jack Houweling wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid018901c33d3a$291eaea0$222ccf18@homeiwlfrdfokk"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Hello</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I got a call from a church yesterday . They have  an upright piano that is in the play school</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">and want to earthquake proof the piano with hooks and chains to the back of the piano. Has anyone ever heard of a piano falling? Should this be of any concern?</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I live in Vancouver B.C. </font> <font face="Arial" size="2"> ( We are expecting the big one.)</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Jack</font></div> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html>