[CAUT] Upright front "guard"

[Jim Busby]

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Thanks all,

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Rick, I like the idea of mounting something under the keybed (less
obtrusive). =20

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John, we tried covers for a few and that has merit, but with over 350
upright pianos here (425 total pianos) the idea was dumped for budget
reasons. A few do have covers, but even those get damaged because the
covers are just thrown in the corner of the room...

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Jeff, please tell me more about the Schimmel corner guards.

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Wim, good idea, but then that would need to be attached to the front. It
could certainly be inexpensive to do. The metal we used before was
indestructible, but it looked bad from the start.

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Ron, whoa! Too many doors. :-)

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Thanks again,

Jim Busby BYU

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From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Rick Florence
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 3:57 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Upright front "guard"

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Jim,

I have not tried this yet...

When moving the EX (I think that was the one, it's all a blur) at the KC
convention in June, I noticed a metal plate mounted at the bottom of the
bass arm, screwed into the bottom of the keybed.  The idea obviously was
to protect the corner when tipping the piano.  I have thought of trying
something similar for an upright we have in a recital hall that is used
often for a classroom.  It has the same damage you described.

My idea is to mount a metal plate, about 1/8" thick to the underside of
the keybed that will run the length of the piano.  It will stick out
about 1/8" to take the brunt of the door jam, etc. and will be painted
black to blend in with the piano finish.  I will also drill holes for
cheek block and keyslip screw accessibility.  This will preserve the
look of the piano, as I don't think it will be very noticeable, and
should protect the front from movers, both trained and untrained.

Like I said, I have not tried it yet, but I think it will work well.

Rick





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