<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Good tip, Diane. = However, I just bought a nice table, 26" by 48" at Costco, here in Arizona. Cost me $35. = It's sturdy, has locking legs, and it's so light weight, I can carry it = with one hand. It's got a two inch thick table top that won't warp, and is = perfectly flat. See you and raise you two chips.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Arrgh! Now I suppose = you're going to want to know the name of the company. Well, of course, I tossed = the card right after I bought it, but I can always go back to Costco and get = the info for you. Let me know, and I'll do it for the list.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=dianepianotuner@hotmail.com href="mailto:dianepianotuner@hotmail.com">Diane Hofstetter</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 17, = 2001 11:32 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Designer Grand Action Transporter</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Martha Stewart to the  rescue again!  Do you, like me, = hate lugging grand actions around?  Martha has designed the perfect = grand action transporter.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I can pull the action out of the piano onto it, work on the  = action right there, wheel it over to my bench and slide it onto the bench, = wheel it out to the car and slide it into the back of my station wagon.  = It even goes up and down steps.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Who would have thought Martha Stewart was looking out for us pianotechs?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I found it in K-Mart, just sitting there waiting for me.  = The ones that had been there the week before were all sold and this new load = was just perfect.  It's extra wide to give the action more support.  = Has a nice mesh top for straps to hold the action securely when wheeling it = like a truck-dolly up or down steps or across rough terrain.  It's = adjustable to different heights.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It was only $65 plus another $20 or so for the wheels, hardware = and straps.  You could probably buy a used one for very little outlay. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> I knew it would work because a couple of months ago, when I = had to bring a Steinway O action home a couple of times, I was desperate for = help in lugging it around and had tried my <U><EM><STRONG>home</STRONG></EM> = ironing board </U>and it worked quite well even without the wheels (but it = couldn't go up and down the customer's steps without the wheels).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Fun!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Diane</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><BR>Diane Hofstetter </DIV>245-M Mount Hermon Rd.#343 <DIV></DIV>Scotts Valley, CA 95066 <DIV></DIV>ph 831-438-6222 <DIV></DIV>fax 831-430-9741 <DIV></DIV>dianepianotuner@hotmail.com <DIV></DIV></DIV><BR clear=all> <HR> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <A = href="http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp">http://explorer.msn.com</= A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>