Tilter; Was ca glue as pin tightener (TILTER)

[Carl Meyer]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: Tilter; Was ca glue as pin tightener (TILTER)


> A ratchet strap woven through the backposts and around
> the tilter bracing is the easiest.
>     I had a nurse laugh when I went to the hospital
> for stitches, caused by hitting myself in the face
> with a slipped stringing hook.
>      Nurses should not be sadists.

Nurses make poor lovers.  They always try to make the swelling go down.

Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
Santa Clara, California
cmpiano@attbi.com 



>      Thump
> 
> --- John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> wrote:
> > Hi List,
> > Even with the tilter, be careful.
> > I use the Tuner's Supply tilter, and it came with 2
> > clamps, that attached to
> > the backposts.
> > One time a clamp came off, and I thought, that's ok,
> > it still has one.
> > Wrong, the other one fell off and the piano slipped,
> > and the tilter, acted
> > like stepping on a rake.
> > I broke my nose, two black eyes and a broken watch
> > crystal.
> > When I went to the hospital, and the nurses asked
> > what had happened, I told
> > them, and one that I knew, actually burst out
> > laughing. She had the same
> > sense of humour as myself. I have been known to
> > laugh at others misfortune,
> > imagining the situation in a funny way.
> > I now don't use the clamps. I put the tilter under
> > the piano, and tilt the
> > tilter back, till it grabs the bottom of the piano,
> > and pushing forward to
> > keep the grab, I pull them back together. I have
> > never had a problem doing
> > it this way.
> > Another safe way is to use a strap.
> > Regards,
> > John M. Ross
> > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> > jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <Alltypetune@aol.com>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 1:48 PM
> > Subject: Re: Tilter; Was ca glue as pin tightener
> > (TILTER)
> > 
> > 
> > > Many years ago, while attempting to put an upright
> > on its back, the piano
> > > slipped out of my hands and fell right across both
> > feet. The first thing I
> > > did after returning from the hospital was order
> > the tilter.  The tilter
> > cost
> > > a lot less than my hospital bill and I never did
> > get my big toe nails
> > back.
> > > JUST GO BUY THE TILTER--IT'S THE CHEAP WAY TO GO.
> > >
> > > To Late Smart
> > > RON MAY
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