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<DIV>no. It's a long story, I'll give you the short version.</DIV>
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<DIV> School bought a Baldwin SD-10 new =
about 12
years ago for their stage. The school put it on 3 little =
individual piano trucks rather than the proper 1-piece =
unit.
Costs less is better...right???</DIV>
<DIV> A couple of years ago the piano was getting pushed into =
another room
and when it hit the threshold, the leg at the end shattered and the =
piano
went down. Fortunately nobody was hurt and the piano damage was =
limited to
the leg. The school had a local high school wood shop =
copy the
leg and build a new one. The copy looks good. The school put =
the new
leg on and the piano was put right back up on the =
wrong
trucks again. </DIV>
<DIV> Now the front 2 legs are cracking. The =
school
called me this time. My position is to replace all 3 =
legs with
the factory originals and to put it on the 1-piece piano truck. My =
estimate is pretty high. The reason that I'm looking for the =
weight is to
give them an idea as to what kind of damage is potentially there if =
the
piano falls again. I dread the thought of an 1,100 pound concert =
grand
falling on a 98 pound college freshman vocal major fresh out of high
school. I've also looked at the price of a new piano. =
The money
saved by doing it the hobby-tooner way is a false savings.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ron </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tcole@cruzio.com href="mailto:tcole@cruzio.com">Thomas =
Cole</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 22, 2005 =
9:28
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Baldwin SD-10 =
weight</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Pierce shows a "D" weighing in at 1078 lbs. Is that =
close
enough? Is the piano going into a mobile home?<BR><BR>Ron & Lorene =
Shiflet
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>Does anyone know the weight of a Baldwin SD-10? I can't =
seem to
find it.</DIV>
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<DIV>thanks</DIV>
<DIV>Ron</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>