Cruise pianos (non-$cientology)

[Kristinn Leifsson]

Hi y´all

I´m back from a week of eating and drinking in Mallorca.
I saw the pictures from Arlington and may I say that I liked them, 
especially Ron´s style.  You mightn´t be related to a skydiver called Mad 
Dog, huh?

I once met a tuner called Jeff Hickey who was really tall with extremely 
long hair who always warned his new customers over the phone before coming 
to them.
Do you, Ron,  tell them that you ACTUALLY look like a mad scientist? :)
(I feel a thread coming up here)

In an issue of the Steinway "Lyra" I saw some brackets that are used to 
fasten grands down on cruise liners.  Three rods extend from the floor 
below the middle of the grand up towards each leg.  It was used on a ship 
that took some really rough weather, and the grand was one of the few 
things that weren´t damaged.
Do pianos in cruise liners normally have that kind of fastenings?
Maybe Rob Goodale (who actually looks a bit like a cross between Frank 
Zappa  and "Weird" Al Yankovic (not that crossing two males is easy with 
traditional methods)) can shed some light on this.  :)


Bestest regards,

Kristinn Leifsson,
Reykjavík, Iceland

P.S. Who was that Kiwi guy sitting with monsieur Clyde?


-"There are two things that are infinite;  the universe and human 
stupidity.  And I´m not sure about the universe."-
A. Einstein