<!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 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jack, having lived in Southern = California for a major part of my life, yes, I have seen (or heard of) pianos that have = fallen over in a quake.  Usually the prevention is nothing more than = securing the piano to the wall by putting eyelet screws into studs on the wall, and = into the backposts. I think I'd use cable rather than any kind of chain. I saw = one grand that was in a mobile home where it had danced up and down enough to = punch the rear leg through the floor.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</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=jackhouweling@dccnet.com = href="mailto:jackhouweling@dccnet.com">Jack Houweling</A> </DIV> <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> Friday, June 27, 2003 = 10:57 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Earthquake proof</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </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><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Jack</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>