[CAUT] Steinway in the hayloft???

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Otto, Now you know why we are in the shape we are in >g<
I can't even get down on the floor and do the soft ball thing for the back.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Otto Keyes" <okeyes at uidaho.edu>
To: <jminor at uiuc.edu>; "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway in the hayloft???


> Mike Wathen will probably remember an incident in Sioux Falls (don't
> know if you were in on that as well, Tim (Coates)) where we were helping
> Mark Kreitzer put a piano in a basement.  Customer was renovating the
> basement & said they never intended to remove the piano, but really
> wanted it down there.  Unique piece with hammered copper or brass relief
> scenes on the front.
> 
> Mark had everything off that would come off -- action, keybed, arms,
> etc.  Only thing left was glued together parts -- sides, feet & strung
> back -- still weighed a ton.  Curved staircase w/ sloping ceiling & wall
> at the bottom.  Had to start out on one end in the kitchen & be turned
> over once on the way down.  Got to the bottom with great
> difficulty....only to find we had started on the wrong end & it would
> only go one way -- back up!  By the time we got it back up to the
> kitchen we barely had the strength to turn it over.  2nd time down came
> with experience, so went a bit easier.  I think I left Sioux Falls just
> so I wouldn't have to see that piano again!
> 
> Otto
> 
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