<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RE: Earthquake proof</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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"><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>Hello folks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>A couple years ago I installed twin piano dollies on a rather nice 1968 Weber = console in a local community center; three months later I was called to = retune, being forewarned that it might need some extra work because </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>the piano had been toppled over<FONT = face=Arial size=2> as the result of a floor mop being caught in the wheels = and yanked free with gusto.  Can't remember now if it fell = forward or backward, but it has not tuned well since...</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>A similar incident happened in a nursing home when a resident managed somehow to = tip over a Melodigrand installed on a full sized "custom made" plywood platform!   Fortunately the resident was not injured, nor, unfortunately, was the Melodigrand.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>Sounds like there's enough material here for a book!</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Bruce</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kam544@gbronline.com = href="mailto:kam544@gbronline.com">Keith McGavern</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> Saturday, June 28, 2003 = 11:42 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Earthquake = proof</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>At 10:29 AM -0500 6/28/03, Alan wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 = size=-1>It would take quite a jolt to upset a piano, methinks, = ...</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Alan,</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Having felt the earth move for one solid minute many years ago = during a major earthquake in Los Angeles, California, I can assure you, jolting = and upsetting a piano is a very doable event!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Keith McGavern</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>