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<DIV>You bet Jon! I have done some of the same things. I have been =
saving
the balance rail from an old Betsy Ross spinet - I knew it would =
come in
handy for something. Now I know what! "The balance rail is good to affix =
to the
wall for a tool rack." I'll install mine soon! Thanks for the =
suggestion!</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A =
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI=
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" =
title=jonpage@mediaone.net>Jon Page</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"
title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 01, 2001 =
8:32 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Danger: customer =
moving
piano</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>I had someone rent a studio upright =
which I had
for sale. They wanted to save money<BR>and move it themselves. Same
thing :-) They said they were awful sorry and =
was<BR>there
anything they could do. I said, "Yeah, You can buy it". =
"That
thing's not worth<BR>$800, they said. I said, "Yeah, =
Not
now..."<BR><BR>Cut plugs from the keys for releading and capstan =
relocation.
Remove the letoff rail<BR>and remove all the letoff screws, drill out =
the
holes a little larger; now you have a great<BR>grand damper =
holder.<BR><BR>The
balance rail is good to affix to the wall for a tool rack. The =
keybed is
a good work surface<BR>for grand action work on top of a piano (padded =
piano)
. The lid is a shelf, so could be the lower<BR>panel but it is a =
good
work surface to hold a set of keys. The music rest rail is good =
for
holding<BR>hammers, wippens.<BR><BR>All sorts of good items in
there.<BR><BR>Jon Page<BR><BR>At 12:45 PM 05/01/2001 +0200, you =
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">Hi, I went to see a "customer" today, =
the call
was that the piano got<BR>damaged in a move. Well, I got there and =
in his
garage was the (vertical)<BR>piano, in the back of his truck - IN
PIECES.<BR>He has secured it with nylon rope, he came around a =
corner and
the "ropes"<BR>gave way and it fell out of the back of the truck =
(pick-up
type) slowed down<BR>by the rope it landed on its top. The sides and =
pedal
board came away as one<BR>U shaped piece and other bits fell off at =
same
time of impact.<BR>Unfortuanately the plate is cracked otherwise I =
might
have given him a<BR>serious quote, I was really trying to refrain =
from
busrting out in laughter<BR>as he told me the story.<BR>So, as it is =
already
"packed" in his truck he will bring it around tomorrow<BR>and I =
guess I'll
have a few more spare action parts. I think I'll attempt<BR>making =
one of
those computer cabinets with it, as shown in last =
May's<BR>Journal.<BR>Ho
humm....... :)<BR>Brian Lawson,
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