piano apartment

Richard West rwest1@unl.edu
Fri Apr 26 08:33 MDT 2002


What I want to know is what do pianos do in their apartments?  Do they have piano
parties?  What do they cook for dinner?  And then, of course, there's the big
question:  Where do baby grands come from?

A little levity on an end-of-the-semester Friday.

Richard West

Fred Sturm wrote:

> Greg,
>         One idea I didn't see expressed is having guides mounted to the floor,
> guiding the legs rather than the sides. This is what I use, for pianos
> on dollies. The guides actually only guide the dollie. Made from 4 x 4's
> or 6 x 6's, with sheet metal lining the inside. A pair for the back leg,
> tapering from fairly wide to just enough wider to allow casters to
> swivel at the back. And a pair to catch the outside of the front legs.
> Works quite well.
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
> Greg Newell wrote:
> >
> > Thanks to everyone who posted thoughts about the piano apartment for a
> > local community college. I will forward your thoughts! Thanks!!
> >
> > --
> > Greg Newell
> > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net



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