John, Always glad to cause PTSD symptoms.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 4:45 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/12/2014 11:55 AM, Don Guthrie wrote: >> >> Ah memories... I worked my way through college moving furniture in the >> summers. The first day I learned a new maxim : Pianos always go from the >> basement of one house to the 2nd story of the next. >> > > The only piano I ever had to move working for a moving company went from > a fourth floor apartment to a third floor music room in a "historic" house. > It was, of course, an antique (1890s) CONCERT GRAND. *BIG*, Rococo, antique > concert > grand on 4 legs. > > I was part of the first crew of 4 they sent out. We couldn't even lift > it to sit it on its side so it could be strapped to the piano board. > > It took 12 of us to finally move the damn thing. > > I've always wondered how they got it up there in the first place. It was > an old, 1930s vintage apartment building & that piano wouldn't have fit > through a window even if they'd been able to maneuver a crane in there to > lift it. > > Thinking about it now, it's amazing it hadn't delivered itself to the > basement. It was that heavy. > > I'd almost forgotten about it. I'd really like to thank you for > reminding me. > > I moved quite a few pianos working for a music store while I was in high > school, but those were always upright pianos that two guys could move > with clamp-on piano dollies on each end. > >> On 11/11/14, 11:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> Message: 2 >>> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:55:38 -0500 >>> From: Rick Womer<[email protected]> >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<[email protected]> >>> Subject: PESO - Easy Access >>> Message-ID:<[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>> >>> I hope this guy never buys a piano... >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17897689 >>> >>> (K-5, DA 1645) >>> >>> Comments? >>> >>> Rick >> >> >> > > PS: I soon quit the moving business. Found much easier work as a hod carrier > on a hot tar roofing crew. > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
