<!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 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>Hi Terry,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>Excellent advice.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>I dropped a piano on my big toe, a few years ago, and broke the toe in 4 places.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>I never did get myself, safety shoes, although, I intended to. I am just super careful now.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=4>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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> Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:58 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Speaking of "Toes of Steel"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial>After having numerous close calls with heavy tools and 60-lb hunks of hard maple falling to the floor and narrowly missing my toes over the years, I finally broke down and bought my self a pair of steel-toe shop shoes. They are Red Wings. Very high quality shoes. I used to wear steel-toe Red Wing boots in my former life climbing trees and as a geologist drilling holes in the planet. Their durability and comfort were excellent. The pair I purchased for piano shop work are relatively light weight and look like a tennis shoe (or "sneaker"). They are as comfortable as any shoe I have ever had. I have little doubt these will provide good service for many, many years.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Most of us that tune pianos recognize the value of hearing protection. Many of us that restring pianos recognize the value of eye protection. To those of us who are shop rats, I suggest there is great value in foot protection.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Check it out:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://www.redwingshoes.com/shoe-zoom.cfm?style=6650"><FONT face=Arial>http://www.redwingshoes.com/shoe-zoom.cfm?style=6650</FONT></A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Dave Davis" <</FONT><A href="mailto:davistunes@yahoo.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>davistunes@yahoo.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Pianotech" <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 3:08 AM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: Toes of Steel (Modified by Kent Swafford)</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Nice job, Bill.  <BR>> <BR>> Dave Davis<BR>> <BR>> --- Bill Ballard <</FONT><A href="mailto:yardbird@vermontel.net"><FONT face=Arial size=2>yardbird@vermontel.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>> wrote:<BR>> > At 9:02 AM +0100 1/12/04, Richard Brekne wrote:<BR>> > >Bill.. Not meaning to put down the obvious<BR>> > creativity here... but dont they<BR>> > >sell casters mounted on steel runners that dont<BR>> > raise the piano up more then a<BR>> > >mm or two over there ?<BR>> > <BR>> > Sure they do, and the piano could have been set unto<BR>> > any of them. But <BR>> > the challenge is in tying the piano down to these<BR>> > trucks and dollies. <BR>> > With a (approx.) 14" depth, the piano is very tippy,<BR>> > whether it's <BR>> > sitting on the floor on on these frames. The<BR>> > strongest part of the <BR>> > piano to tie to is the side panels, being nice<BR>> > large, rigid <BR>> > rectangles. The bottom edge of the soundboard liner<BR>> > is pretty flimsy. <BR>> > As far as the backposts, it would have to be the<BR>> > corner ones. That's <BR>> > still only tying in at the back. In the front,<BR>> > things again are very <BR>> > flimsy.<BR>> > <BR>> > Looking at the Jansen catalog<BR>> > (http:/www.pljansen.com), it's <BR>> > difficult to say how any of these would have worked,<BR>> > and what the <BR>> > necessary modifications would have been without<BR>> > actually having them <BR>> > on hand and being prepared to shipped them back if<BR>> > they were <BR>> > unworkable. None of them want to tie into the sides.<BR>> > Remember, this <BR>> > is a piano which was never designed for toe blocks<BR>> > and was meant to <BR>> > be dragged into place by the wall of the living room<BR>> > and never moved <BR>> > again.<BR>> > <BR>> > >Seems like a lot of work to go to to construct your<BR>> > own design for one piano.<BR>> > <BR>> > This is was the piano which they were donated<BR>> > whether or not it was <BR>> > up to "school-board code". With a slim budget all<BR>> > around and the low <BR>> > cost of materials and the donated labor (3 hours of<BR>> > my labor and I <BR>> > don't know the other guy's time  for torch-cutting<BR>> > and arc-welding), <BR>> > it was the "appropriate technology". Call it cussed<BR>> > Yankee <BR>> > individualism. <g><BR>> > <BR>> > Bill Ballard RPT<BR>> > NH Chapter, P.T.G.<BR>> > <BR>> > "No, Please wait, you're all individuals" Brain<BR>> > Cohen, exasperated<BR>> > "Yes, we're all individuals"  the throng assembled<BR>> > in the street          <BR>> >                  below his window, in unison<BR>> > "I'm not..."  Lone dissenter.<BR>> >      ...........Monty Python's "Life of Brian"<BR>> > +++++++++++++++++++++<BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > pianotech list info:<BR>> </FONT><A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"><FONT face=Arial size=2>https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> <BR>> <BR>> __________________________________<BR>> Do you Yahoo!?<BR>> Yahoo! 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