A piano tuner went to raise the lid of a grand located in a high rise apartment complex in New York. The hinge pins weren't in place, and the lid slid off the piano, crashed through the window, and fell below on the sidewalk. Ever since I heard this story (not sure if it it true or not), I always make sure the lid is secure before I raise it. TODD PIANO WORKS Matthew Todd, Piano Technician (979) 248-9578 http://www.toddpianoworks.com --- On Sat, 5/15/10, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote: From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Catastrophic Events While Tuning... To: tcole at cruzio.com, pianotech at ptg.org Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010, 7:53 PM Thomas Cole wrote: > Hmm. I did have a thought about that after I wrote it. Sometimes the hinges are loose enough that you can feel the resistance of the pin - some slop in the wobble but hard limits - but sometimes it just feels tight. But after my recent experience, visual checking of the pin makes the most sense. I feel for pins before I lift ANY lid. People are continually trying to point out that the lid lifts the other way, and I have to tell them that I know, and what I'm doing - again. Even explaining this 20,000 times to 2000 people beats dumping a lid. Ron N -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100515/1abd2d9c/attachment.htm>
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